One town's very like another when your head's down over the toilet brother - 28 & 29 October 2008

And so we flew from Kathmandu from Bangkok, thereby indulging my long fascination with the song "One Night in Bangkok".

Random facts:

• The song is from the musical "Chess" which was a collaboration between Tim Rice and two members of ABBA
• The song was released to raise money for the musical
• Murray Head is the brother of Anthony Stewart Head (Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Sadly, I knew all of the above off the top of my head - for more, check out the song's wikipedia entry.  Every entry from Thailand is going to be a lyric from the song, or some variation thereof.  As Arlo Guthrie would say, "I'm not proud - or tired."

We got off to a rough start - it was late when we got to the hotel and had the traditional travel/hunger rage passive-aggressive "discussion" about where to eat.

We ended up at the buffet in the Sheraton (gotta love those Starwood points).  In a move that exemplifies why I require constant supervision I decided to try the Hot & Sour Shrimp soup.  I spent the rest of the night wearing out the path between the bed and the bathroom.  Jen, sleeping the sleep of those smart enough to not eat seafood left out for an indeterminate period, was oblivious to my distress until she woke up around 7 am and realized something was terribly amiss.

Of course by that point the worst of it was over.  I spent the day sleeping while she slowly went stir crazy.  By dinner I felt well enough to leave the room, and we had a nice pizza dinner.  Since we lost a day we ended up extending our stay.