Back from Bangers

Bangkok was a blast. Got a bag full of books (and I mean full). Saw an unpirated, undubbed English movie (Inside Man by Spike Lee) on a really big screen. Ate more sushi and sashimi than there's fish in the sea at Fuji. Had the Whopper I craved (and waved it around in plain sight for our manic friend in the picture to see). Shopped 'til I dropped. Bought the wrong shoes but managed to return them. Slept in a 400 Baht room that was fine somehow (and it's on the MBK-mall's doorstep). Met a Dutch guy that drives like a Thai guy. Got more books. Skipped all the touristy stuff we had planned. Got soaking wet from the rain. Got a cab to the bus that made an most interesting detour trough some of the lesser known outskirts of Bangkok. Then got on the most perfect 6 hour bus to Khon Kaen and that's all she wrote. Strangly enough, I liked the trip but it was very good to be back. Away from the noise, all the people and the pollution. Maybe I'm getting old or something. Oh Yeah: we had no trouble with angry mobs, curfews, riots or whatever. PM Taksin bowed out on the second day we where there. No sweat. Next up (after Songkran): Laos...