Just an update (and the word of choise for this update seems to have been, 'metaphore')

So it's been a little while and I thought I should show my face (metaphorically of course, you'll have to imagine my actual handsome face... interestingly I'm thinking of branching out into the world of mustaches... I know it would probably be a fatal blow in my attempted to meet people... walking up to people with a grin and a whispy moustache... ... ... maybe a mustache isn't such a good idea... anyway)... ... I'm a bit sleepy and tired today after the last night with Mum and Dad before they returned home... I'll probably come back tomorrow to recall specific details but just to say here that it was really good to see them... as I've said before, we found our equilibrium and then the closed system of our conjoined travel proceeded smoothly... like making mirange (I really don't know why I've chosen this metaphore!... actually I'm gonna abandon this metafore but leave the sentence as a reminder of how easily a metaphore can go wrong... ... ... Jeez, I am tired!)...

... So now, phase 3 of travelling commences... now it's down to me to sort out all the crap necessary and get a plan of action to visit Northern Thailand as well as Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia... My passport is at the Vietnam embassy overnight for the visa... then I'll probably nip up to Chaing Mai to see what all the fuss is about... ... ... It's a bit daunting but it'll be OK... I'm not gonna plan the ass off the jaunt around South East Asia, but I want to try my best to make sure I get in and out of the countries as smoothly as possible:) ... boarders should be interesting with all the 'Visa on arrival' stuff in Laos and Cambodia... let's see if I look like a mug ready to be scammed (maybe 'look' isn't the word... let's just see if I am a mug)...

OK, I'm gonna go now... this was less of a blog then an update (you decide if they are really different)... but I'll probably be back tomorrow with another obtuse (or do I mean obscure?) blog about everything I've (and my parents) have done in the last week or so as well as some accompanying nonsense...

Love to all... well, except for guys who I will instead extend my hand for a metaphorical hearty handshake;)