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November 09, 2005
New Book Review section
There is a new section the this site now, the Book Reviews. I’m definitely reading lots more on this trip than usual…this is great.
Got to do some packing: I’m off to catch my train in a few minutes. The train down to Bangkok is 562 Baht for an overnight sleeper car with no aircon. That's about US$13. Just like last time, some refreshments were in order.
75cl bottle of Khao Yai wine: 445 Baht
Goodwill Parmesan cheese: 261 Baht
Roussel D'Auvergne blue cheese: 255
Butter: 26 Baht
1L Aevian water: 59 Baht
Party cups: 22 Baht
Wine opener: 45 Baht
Bread: 15 Baht
2 Bluto red apples: 270 Baht (!)
All told, my food and drink cost 2.5 times the train ticket. Somehow this all made sense at the time but now seems silly.
Posted by stu at November 9, 2005 08:43 AM
Comments
Stu:
Let me know when you figure it out. Or figure out where the finish line is. Or what direction it is in.
I try to think of life as a journey, and as one of our Venician friends used to say..."Enjoy the journey". In other words, the destination is not the goal.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm enjoying the journey to the fullest extent possible for me. Sure, I'm probably enjoying it better than recent quake victims in Pakistan, but that is not a really fair comparison. So what is a fair comparison? Whom or what should we compare ourselves to in order to evaluate how we're doing on our journey? Will we ever know?
I don't know.
But I sure am having fun reading your blog. Want to go to the Grand Canyon with John Brauer and John Rapheling and I this Spring? Or perhaps meet me in NZ in Feb?
Whitey
Posted by: Whitey at November 11, 2005 05:04 AM