Bangkok & Koh Samui 　 Touch down in the sunny, smog-ridden humidity of the big BKK and a new chapter begins... We caught a taxi toward the city centre as Lana gazed through the window for the entire journey surprised as she studied the immaculately clean landscape, immediately noticing the obvious change in the city. How much more developed and built-up was Bangkok from her last visit several years earlier she wondered? Rhetorical question really...

Backtracking to Bangkok 　 Embracing the smooth sailing out of Jaisalmer across the desert once again, our tranquility was disrupted when a deep 'BOOM' ressonated against the earth and our attention was turned towards the Army Camp site on the side of the road. Tank target practice, apparently. 'BOOM!'. Jesus! A line of tanks were positioned less than 200m away shooting at what looked like an old townsite through the rising clouds of tainted missile sm...