After a lot of trouble and an overnight stay at LAX that was basically the worst thing that’s happened to us since the railroad station in Siliguri, we are back in Bangkok, tired but happy. The Chatrium’s restaurants have clearly upped their game for the new year:

That does not say “Emptying Tasty Duck” as I first assumed. Somehow we have managed to go a full year without eating at this astonishing restaurant.

Also the rainy season is in full swing, and the Chao Praya is once again full of water hyacinth and garbage boats cleaning it up:

And this blog is renewing its commitment to documenting the reptiles of Bangkok, which is really what’s most important. This gecko was outside the 7/11: