The new airport in Bangkok is really nice (aside from a woefully inadequate passport control area – passport clearance both into and out of Bangkok took ages and was absolute chaos as people flooded from a number of flights). The airport is bright and airy with plenty of shopping, although my taxi driver said that a lot of what I seemed so nice was superficial. Due to massive corruption, most of the airport has been built on the cheap and is falling apart already.

Still, it’s worlds better than the old airport – the transformation is as big as the transformation between the old and new airports in Detroit, and that’s really saying something!

Statues at the entrance of Bangkok airport

Statues at the entrance of Bangkok airport

Statues at the entrance of Bangkok airport. I’m dying to know what’s happened to cause this expression on his face…

Concourse at Bangkok Airport

Concourse at Bangkok Airport

A funky chair in the new Thai lounge.

Thai Airways lounge. Including a very fast-moving Thai Airways lounge attendant. She’s the blur on the left-hand side.