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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to family and friends from Thailand...this is the day that seems to fill me with homesick blues while in Asia...this always cheers me up: I'll be in touch.

Jetlag is done and bodyclock is in the groove. Beach lady is on the job and so is massage lady, and, one more appt with the dentist and his work is done too. I bumped into Seattle Sam down in the city last week, and he is heading to Philippines next week. I met an old school chum on the train to Vancouver and he invited me to his villa in Manila so that will be an option sometime in the New Year. I will be in touch.

Hello from Jomtien Beach in Thailand, Hope all is well and swastee khob as they say here when greeting. I hopped the train in Windsor on October 16 and stopped off in Winnipeg to visit family and then carried on to Vancouver for some more visits before my flight to Bangkok on November 18. The flight is a long arduous journey clipping through 15 time zones from the PT zone on my departure. I would be remiss if I did not mention I get quite confused when explaining time differences to folks back home..or dates for that matter. The immigrants I have met here, Americans for the most part, jokingly claim the flight is what keep the masses away. I can testify to that. I arrived in Bangkok and cabbed it to Pattaya City, arriving at 4am. The hotel, I had destined to stay, was full so I hoofed it to the Arab quarter and got a room until I finalized my condo. I moved in yesterday morning and, once my body-clock gets online, let the beach-combing begin. Cheers! Ill be in tou

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