Sawasdee from Bangkok - back here after a few days in Laos

Well - the bit about Korkut was supposed to have been a clue as to the next destination - but i got a bit carrried away and Kazakhstan will have to wait for a while - it's Armenia next - unless Georgia wakes up, in which case it'll be Georgia next & then Armenia........ So - i got my new biorhythmic passport with its organic groove (it's taking me to funky town) (got the flares, the shades and the fluorescent shirt) - and can resume travelling........ I am ...

It quite clearly states in the bible: "give a man directions and he will be lost for a day - but give a man a map and he will be lost for life" - i'm not sure whereabouts in the bible it says this - but it does - i just get lost every time i try to find it.... Since entering the - ahem - "third age" - i have acquired the unerring knack of always turning in the wrong direction upon emerging from a station or a car park in a new town or city......

Sawasdee (again).... Talking of cars - which we weren't - it never ceases to amaze me how many different vehicles Toyota makes - i'm assuming that most are just variations derived from core platforms - but it just seems bonkers - how do they ever keep track of them all? They must have a legion of brand managers and marketing people - and the sheer cost of type-approval; design; manufacture - not to mention the squillions of components - and yet they presumably a...

Sawasdee Greetings from a very wet Bangkok. In fairness the first week was simply hot and humid - but it rained heavily on Sunday (26th) and even more heavily yesterday, resulting in flooded roads throughout the city. Judging by the colour of the sky i'd say there will be a further deluge today..... When i got on the BA flight from Sydney to Bangkok - you know, the quirky arse-about-face seating layout they have in business class - i did something i'd not done ...