Landing at the new Suvarnabhumi Airport, freeways into central Bangkok, internet access everywhere, clean streets, modern buildings, expresso, I could not help but thing I had stepped into a different world. Since leaving Europe 8 months ago I had experience small pockets of modern western environments. As I drove north with up to 5 lane freeways with new Toyota 4x4s, I could not help but think I was in the developed world.
In Chiang Mai, I went for a beer with a Director of an NGO I had met earlier on my travels and he has concluded in 3-5 years time, Thailand will not require NGOs on the ground. I left Thailand thinking it is closer to developed than developing.
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