Bangkok is great when you are pregnant! Everybody is helpful, friendly, holds doors open for you, stands up for you on the metro. That's only the women though. The men are exactly as in Europe: pretending not to see you and probably thinking to themselves 'she got herself into that situation, now let her deal with it'. Still it is amazing! Every time I got on the tube someone will already have jumped up and offered me their seat! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!...

After the house getting burgled just before I left and a rather endless 10hour flight from dusseldorf I made it to Bangkok and 36C with full humidity. Unfortunately at 15weeks and 4 days I lost my ability to fold comfortably like a contortionist into any tiny airline seat. Everything hurt and out of worry that I'd squash the baby I didn't shut an eye all night and had to listen to middle aged man talking about their Thai fiancees as us they were replaceable pie...