THE LAST ENTRY OF THIS JOURNAL. BANGKOK, THAILAND. MONDAY JUNE 21 2010, 1930 HRS. DAY 85. So... now the time has come to wrap up this three-month experience in the East. My flight leaves tomorrow at 11:40 a.m. and I'll arrive to Hellsinki on Wednesday at 00:25 a.m. A trip like this provides great possibilities to learn about oneself, and to grow as a person as one gains a whole new perspective on so many things, both esoteric and exoteric. It has been exactly tha...

BANGKOK, THAILAND. WEDNESDAY JUNE 9 2010, 1600 HRS.Done and seen quite a few things during the past weeks... Been chillin' out with some big-ass tigers, poisonous cobras and huge crocodiles, been at the bridge over the River Kwai, been hanging out at some of the biggest shopping centers in Asia etc. etc.Last week, the first night after the curfew, I went out to have some drinks and in the middle of the night while on my way back to the guesthouse, two police offi...

BANGKOK, THAILAND. SATURDAY MAY 29 2010, 1900 HRS.Buddhist celebrations, emergency law, curfew, army soldiers, riot police, Thai massages and ladyboys.The flight & arrival to Bangkok went extremely smoothly, as I already knew how things work and where to go to et cetera. This was the second time I flew with Jet Airways, an Indian airline company. Without doubt the best airline company I've ever used. You are treated very nice even at the economy class, you ca...

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN UBON AND BANGKOK, THAILAND. TUESDAY APRIL 27 2010, 2015 HRS.Writing from a night train towards the currently restless Bangkok… Next destination: Kolkata, India.After an extremely adventurous and eye-opening week in the Ubonratchathani province, it's time to bid farewell to South-East Asia, and head westwards to the mystical land of wonders, namely India… My sincere thanks to Mod & the family for the kindness and hospitality you've shown ...

UBON RATCHATHANI, THAILAND. SATURDAY APRIL 24 2010, 1930 HRS. DAY 27.These days I've spent in Ubon have been the best ones of my journey so far. I haven't seen any Western people here at all, which is great! I really feel I'm in real Thailand now, and I feel I'm learning about the way people in Thailand live and think.Yesterday I went to the border of Laos in search of that moonshine booze with cobras, other serpents and scorpions inside the bottles (and perhaps ...