exotic tales from far off lands filled with mystery and intrigue

first eben falls, then i, then the english woman across the hall and finally our ambiguously aged scottish neighbour next to her. a plague upon chad's guesthouse! never a lonely moment for the squat toilets, awaiting their next visitor to entertain. eben and i were particularly loyal visitors. ahh lovely mae sai- you'll go for the border run but stay for the rehydration salts. finally, we managed to make it to chiang rai where we are now, still recovering. were any bets made based on illness, cuz if so i think they can now be called. the cause is unknown. all i can say is that it feels fantastic to be getting better, even though my tum is not up to its usual herculean strength and i'm a tad weak.

so who knows what's going on now? definately not i. do you? we had a lot of swanky plans before this all occurred but we were smited (smoten?) real good. i still want to see the cherry tress but fear that it may now be too late. stupid impermanence being so...impermanent.

o yah- are my parents out there somewhere? i emailed you 5 days ago and nothing? nothing for your only daughter? well, if they've decided to ditch me can someone else possibly nag me a bit or something?