Thailand

I love Thailand! Cheap, beautiful and so long as you can get past the issue of open sewers that really smell in the heat of the day, the place is amazing to walk around in. It was great to see Fran as I hadn't seen her in a couple of weeks. Finally I feel like I am finally on holiday!

BTW, if you're going to buy stuff duty-free - Australia is the place to do it. Duty free doesn't really exist in Thailand and definately not Pomy land! - which is the Next stop!

Thailand is an ingredable destination, the people are VERY patriotic towards their king, so much so that at least half the population wear yellow T-shirts to indicate their love for him, the logo of royalty stands proud in the form on an emblem sewn into the right side. They are a colourful people and work hard in the heat to provide street food at an absolute bargin price. for a Pud Thai dish from a street stall (you hae to look for the well maintained ones), is 20 Baht which is less than $1 NZ and it is a descently sized meal.

The typical temporature was over 30 degrees and the beaches are amazing. Definately a must see, we will definately go back there (we have agreed that we could even live there for a spell).