One forgets how much pleasure one gets from the simplest of things in life. After an eleven hour flight we landed at Bangkok and drove down to Phohak in Ratchaburi. It’s a small town, probably the same size as Wilderness, that boasts a restaurant where I was served braised duck breast in a five spices sauce – Ped Palor, and a steaming bowl of Tom Yung Koong for breakfast. That was the next morning and this for me, is Thailand. Great food, simple food and a thirty seater internet cafe with response times I have never seen at home.

