For those that have never been to Thailand, here are a few of the things I've learnt about the way of life here... For those of you that have been here, here is a chance to reminisce and to add comments about the things I've missed...

-Things are cheap, even though the thought of hearing prices in 10's, 100's or 1000's sounds ridiculous compared to home - eating, travelling, sight-seeing etc are cheap. Basic rule of thumb is that if it sounds expensive - you're getting ripped off.

- Having someone with you that speaks just a little bit of Thai is FANTASTIC. Aaron's thai is pretty limited - he can count and give directions in a taxi, and it makes life a lot easier.

- When you jump in a car at home, the first thing you do is put your seatbelt on... Here, the cabs don't have seatbelts in the rear and tuk tuks don't have seatbelts at all - although we did find one with 'Jesus Christ' handles today.

- We have seen sooooooo many buddhas!!! Probably tens of thousands of them. "More buddha's than you can wave a blue-gum stick at" ah Warren?

- There is a tailor on every corner, and when you jump in a tuk tuk, they will find you at least one tailor, one jewellery maker (and a candlestick-maker, just kidding) but every time you go to one of the shops in a tuk tuk the driver earns about 15L of gas from the shop (so once you've gone to a couple, the tuk tuk driver gives you the trip for free.

- Another plentiful retailer is the world-famous 7-11. You find one every couple of blocks, and where there is one, there is usually two (one on each side of the road).

I'm sure many other thought will spring to mind later, but I thought I'd give you an insight, and welcome any comments or questions...