| Charlie arrived in Bangkok at 11:30 PM on Thursday, 31 July and went to the Maryknoll house to stay. On Friday, he worked at the Maryknoll office and then on Saturday went to a doctor appointment and then caught a flight back to Phnom Penh in the early evening. |
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At the end of Charlie's physical examination on the way to Rome three weeks ago, the doctor recommended a follow-up exam so today he consulted a specialist at BNH Hospital in Bangkok where most of the Maryknollers go for treatment, especially for medical services not available in Cambodia. |
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After the hospital visit, on a walk through a commercial neighborhood, this large sign honoring the much revered King of Thailand was seen on the front of a Catholic girls school. |
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These old--and rapidly disappearing--wooden houses were spotted in a Bangkok neighborhood near the Maryknoll office. |
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Believe it or not, this is a mini gas station, two small pumps enclosed in a small structure along a narrow Bangkok neighborhood street. |
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The first vista to greet passengers emerging from passport control into the gate area of the new Bangkok airport is this huge statue of mythical creatures engaged in a tug-o-war with a naga (snake) in the "churning sea of milk" from which all creation came. |