Stupid security on the flight to Bangkok. When we were coming in to land it was announced that those who were staying on the flight could leave their bags on the plane during the stopover, but that the flight would be cleaned. They were warned however that any bags removed from the plane would need to be screened for liquids and gels. And it was pointed out that there was no problem if you had either in your bag on the plane – the only problem was if you took it off the plane. Oh, and there was no security screening for liquids in Sydney apart from the normal screening. Of course there have been the stories in the media indicating that the XRay machines at Sydney would have detected the substances that they were concerned about, but I am not so sure.

Pad Khe Mau Gai for dinner tonight. It was different from what I am used to. Maybe the 30 or 40 spheres of unground pepper still on the stalk was part of it… I do not know. But for B60 ($2.40) the meal was good value.

I have an early start in the morning – 6:30AM pickup to visit the River Kwai and the war graves. I will post more on that tomorrow.

I dont think I have mentioned this before by my legs are so sore. Apparently this is not uncommon. You tend to do a lot of walking. And there are stairs everywhere. Just so many of them. Even with the skytrain where there is often an escalator to go up they will only have stairs coming down. Which all means that there are different muscles being used. By the time I get to london I do not expect to have any problems with sore feet – I will be well and truely used to walking a heap by then.

Oh, and I had a strange email a couple of days back… From one of the writers from Law and Order. The guy was looking for a person with a name similar to mine, not me unfortunately. My brush with fame for the week.