Last-Minute Travel Advice

Just news, you know. I'm almost gone, although up next is a video from Bangkok that I took a few days ago. Hopefully, I'll actually be posting it from Laos. Don't get too confused.

I'm leaving for China

I've taken a few new videos with this new camera in the last two days. I'll post them either today or when I get back from the heart of Asia. That's a trivia question. Do you know of a place that claims to be the geographical centre of Asia? I do, but really I have no idea if I'll go there. We'll have to see what I feel like a few weeks into travelling. I only have a month, after all.

(On Facebook, click here for the video)

Chinese Embassy Tout

So, if it's not clear from the circumstances of the video, I've decided I want to make my way to China for vacation. You all have permission to laugh at me, though, if instead of going to China, I end up having to spend the next month at home in Bangkok 4,500 baht poorer and applying for a new passport.
(On Facebook, click for video.)

No Durian Allowed

Everyone loves noting how culturally quirky it is that in Thailand signs like this are required. This one appears (and is standard) in the Bangkok MRT (subway), but on the BTS (skytrain) I don't think I've ever seen one like it. As someone who really likes durian, though, I have ridden the skytrain with plastic bag full of durian, and I definitely saw a lot of sideways glances and uncomfortable shuffling around, whether or not it had been posted as banned. I figured if I didn't make eye contact with anyone, no one would have the gumption to actually say anything, and my theory held. How else is one supposed to get home with one's durian, I'd like to know?