Slow News Day

The road from Poi Pet to Siem Reap is no longer an endless bounce from one (Pol) Pot hole to the next. Parts of it are gravelly. Parts are paved with black top. Parts are hard soil. A couple of Anchor beers in my back pack actually made it an enjoyable motoring day trip whereas previously it had always been torture.

This morning I'm researching my Laos trip. It will include rafting, rock climbing and an eco-trek. First things first. I'm on my way to rent a motorcycle.

Yesterday's three headlines in the Bangkok Post are worth reporting.

Top story affirms the southeast Asians obsession with skinniness.
"Vexed Client Extorted by Fat Prostitute" Being extorted by a hooker of course isn't the weeny in this news story.

A second headline told of "High School Election Rigging with Candy Bribes".

The third headline "Kuwait Court Upholds Royal Death Sentence"

A member of the royal family--the Sabahs--in Kuwait was caught trying to smuggle in 25 kg of coke. Apparently, the Kuwaiti courts are going to do him. I guess this is of interest in Thailand because Thailand is also a constitutional monarchy and it must be of some interest to think that royalty can be done.