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… in some nice steamy weather….

As with my flight over to India, I had a rediculous layover in Bangkok again. It turns out that the layover was ok though—I got a chance to work on some of my upcoming papers so maybe my time in CA will be a little bit less hectic….

So, this time around, the hotel gave me a free 6-hour “temple and factory” tour. The temple part was fine, although I had been to all of them already. Prices were more expensive than I remember, but that was years ago, so I wouldn’t be surprised. They were still much cheaper than the “dual price” scheme that is going on in India and that supposedly will change sometime…. The factory part was not so much fun—basically a tour of gemstone factories and jewelry shops and furniture stores and tailors—a little bit of everything. The tour guide was really nice though—she basically said that she just had to take me as part of her requirement with the tour company and she seemed more than happy to let me walk in, collect the little piece of paper she needed to, and walk out and go somewhere else. We ended up going with the driver to get some lunch and coffee which was much more fun than having people bug me every 30 seconds suggesting some other relative that I could buy something for…. “How about your uncle?” “How about your brother?” You get the idea….

Anyway, I just had a few minutes, wanted to get online for a minute…. And I’ll be back in the CA after a nice short flight across the Pacific. Woo hoo!!!