Rochana and Patrapa come to send me off at the Suvannaphum Airport on its inauguration day.
SD's initial critique:
1. Toilets are not of public place specifications. Male and female toilets should have two similar sections each, one of which can be closed off for cleaning and servicing while the other half is open for usage. At the arrival hall where hundreds of arrivals come through after landing, the Men's toilet have only four stalls. Forty or more users line up and the cleaning staff is unable to enter and clean or replace paper, creating greater mess. Women's toilet is even worse.
2. Smoking rooms are unbearable even for smokers. The airport should be sued for inhumanity and endangering the lives of smokers. Even Singapore which is very strict about smoking provides better smoking facilities.
3. General functional design is poor. Emphasis has been on grand form rather than practicality and function. So sad!