Ruben Hillier's 'lectronic home.

Our first night in Chang Mai was pretty much a gi-normous stuff up. Ev and I got seperated in a crowd and did not manage to find each other again for about 4 very scary hours. The Chiang Mai tourist police, who are volunteers that work closely with the normal police helped look for him. I scoured those bloody markets from top to toe with the help of half the city watch for four hours.

Well just before leaving Bangkok we visited Lumphini Park which was fantastic. Everyone in the park was dancing, jogging or playing around in boats. If I was homeless I'd live there. I loved the hat on the statue and wanted to pinch it but Evan pointed out that,

We caught the overnight train up from Bangkok to Chang Mai. It was lovely. our second class seats folded out into beds and the train staff bought us tasty treats. The other passengers were friendly and we all exchanged travel stories. I took some photos which I shall upload later.

Ev seems to be staging a recovery. I'm still dying though. Not much time left now, I leave everything I own to Scampi. Good Dog. Except my super sports socks, I'd like to be shot into the sun with them on, all of them.

 Our first few days here have not been going so well. Evan and I both seem to have come down with a really annoying cold. We have been mainly laying around in our room coughing and sneezing. I went for an early morning walk today and took a few snaps. Now I am stuffed. I am hoping we feel better tomorrow as we will be catching the Chang Mai overnight train.

Well, we survived the flight and made it into Bangkok, we are here:

I'm knackered. We went Geocaching today, it was our first try. It was a lovely day and we struck success finding the cache.
Viv's Flathead and Chips hit the spot too.

Going to beddybies now... zzZZZzz

Before the delayed hangover kicks in I should make a few notes....

Discussed Nam June Paik and his, 'Hypno Ray TV-Chair' with Matthew last night. I could not find a picture anywhere but here are a few pics showing off some of his other work.

Evan quit his paper round and today was the last one. So Cheri, Em and I helped Evan out. We all had bakery buns and coffee or hot choc afterwards. Sawtell Surf Life Saving Club was a fine place to sit. I shoved chunks of chocolate into croissants and dipped them into my coffee. Emrys cycled round on the grass doing stunts.

In 6 days Ev and I will be flying over to Thailand for six months. I'm already missing home!

Outside the surf club Em asked me to film him on his bicycle.

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