the mood seems relatively light in Bangkok. pot-head backpackers and pot-bellied chunky foreign chicks stroll idly around khao san road w/o a care in the world. besides a few donation centers (some of dubious intent), there's little sign that any major tragedy happened recently. everyone appears good natured and ready to take in a ping pong ball show or two.

apparently, most of the people here haven't drowned in the recent tsunami but honestly, it's hard to tell sometimes as a few, mostly british travelers, appear braindead.

i'll spend a merry new year's eve here and hopefully move onto Cambodia tho the free wireless internet at this guesthouse does its best to keep me in Bangkok forever.

merry new year's, turkeys and a word of caution: avoid the above-the-groin mistletoe.