The journeys end

It took a train, taxi, plane, bus, boat, and then finally another (this time overpriced) taxi to get us to Samui. Then a few days later it was a 16hour boat and bus trip back to Bangkok, exhausting stuff.

But finally after all that we were able to collapse into our spacious hotel room 41 floors above the hustle and bustle of Bangkok. Our one year anniversary was celebrated with a walk thru heated humdity to the big Siam centre, a massive shopping mall in the centre of Bangkok, and not far from where we were staying. We've shopped too much on this trip, instead we went and watched 'Black Dahlia' a great Noir film, full of mystrey, complex plot and a sly femme fatale. For dinner we dined on a seafood buffet, 79 floors above Bangkok, in one of the tallest towers in the city. It was a dinner worthy of the occasion, great inexpensive food, amazing views over the city sparkling with a thousands lights, and most importantly the beautiful company of my wife, Emily.

Today we fly home, an overnite flight that will touch us down in Melbourne at 10am local time, eager to see everyone again, and already getting exciting, but also apprehensive about the approaching first days for me as a primary school teacher, with my own class to take care of.