Thailand

Came back from Thailand 2 days ago. Went with my extended family to Bangkok and Chiangmai, flew the budget airline Air Asia from KLIA to Bangkok International on the 23rd, spent Christmas Eve and day in Bangkok and then flew to the northern city of Chiangmai on boxing day. Thailand was excellent, good food, great shopping, easy transport. The only thing I dont' like is the smell of the Benzene fumes, most cars and "duk-duks" are powered by Benzene engines and the fumes are horrible smelling.

Thai people are really really friendly, and very helpful. People in Bangkok can generally speak English well. Went to this mega huge shopping centre that just opened called Siam Paragon which is just next to Siam train station.

The train system in Bkk is pretty fantastic 2, it connects to all the major markets, shopping places, hawker centres, KL shouldn't definitely follow their model. At the moment KL does have a modern train system, but its all separately operated and there aren't any stations at the major commercial hubs like Mid Valley, 1 Utama etc...

Have so many pics and stories to tell about my trip 2 Thailand. I'll post my pics later once I get back to Syd!