Day ... What Day Is It Anyway? -- Bangkok

-- Just got back from Ko Samet - absolutely gorgeous beach, white sand, bars on the beach ... and our typical unfortunate forgetting of sunscreen. Let's just say that we enjoyed it, but we're really paying the price today.

-- A not insignificant portion of this country smells like refuse. Worth noting.

-- There are dozens of stray dogs in Ko Samet. Reminded me of the packs of wild dogs in Istanbul, but a lot nicer. Sue thinks they are the happiest stray dogs in the world -- all they do is play all day, frolic in the water and get table scraps from strangers. Sue would live like this if she could.

-- We took the world's most easily tossed about boat to and from the island. Man, never in my life have I taken a mental inventory of life jackets and possible exits so quickly and so deliberately.

-- Sue had pad thai for breakfast on Ko Samet, and Alan has had it for every meal since he's been here.

-- Alan read "The Beach," set in Thailand, on a beach in Thailand. If only there was a book called "Sitting in an Airport in Delhi" for the next leg of our journey.

Enjoying our Last Day in Bangkok,
A&S