Just a few last photos from Surin including the extremely large elephant "parked" under our little house (which the mahout and family vacated so that we could stay there in their two little rooms... bathroom is outside) There is also a cute photo of monks in a pickup truck, and a really cool tuk tuk or sort of motorcyle rickshaw. He didn't want to sell it... I'm now back in Bangkok at a very basic hotel or "guest house" (what do you want for $8 in Bangkok anyway!) and just went to see Avatar in 3D IMax at the mega mall, with some friends from Baja that I hooked up with. It was fantastic and I recommend it to all (although it could be a bit much for kids under 8 or 9 years old since there are a few scary creatures and 3D makes it seems as if they are landing in your lap). It's 1 AM and sweltering so I'm going to try to get some sleep in the big city. Ooops, I just ripped through the threadbare sheet but at least there aren't any blood spots from bedbugs, although the small bathroom smells like a promising place for all sorts of mutant bugs... After the gigantic jumping spiders (Huntsman) in the small bathroom of Surin however anything will look like smallfry in comparison, and luckily there is a screen on the window so no mosquitos, yay!