Made it!

This first post might be a bit haphazard, because the browser i'm using appears in Thai, so i'm pushing buttons from memory ;)

Anyway, got off to a lovely start yesterday when my parents and sister took me out to the airport. We had a nice lunch and they saw me off. The flight to Sydney was packed, but uneventful.

Took off from Sydney airport bound for Bangkok around 4:45 i think. The flight was quite cramped, especially for someone my size, but i had a nice Irish girl sitting next to me, so we chatted for most of the flight. She was just finishing up a tour of South East Asia and Aus/NZ, so she gave me some advice on what to do in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Pretty much all of it contradicted Bob Harlow's advice, except that they've both told me get the luxury buses. That i must try.

Cleared customs with no problems, but by that time it was about 2:30 Australian time (11:30 here), so i was absolutely zonked. I indulged by getting a luxury taxi, mainly to save time. It was a beautiful car, and the driver was very good. The Thais so far seem a bit maniacal on the road - we were dawdling at 120km/h.

The hotel i'm in is very nice - i'll post some pics later on when i get a chance. I feel so indulgent.

Can one of my fellow ALP members let me know what conference was like? I'm anxious to hear whether the SDA finally saved marriage.

Oh yeah - when i walked in to the hotel last night they had karaoke going, and this voice floated out of the bar - if i didn't know better, i swear i would of thought that Mandy had beaten me here.