Manuel arrived safe and sound in Bangkok and I flew up from Koh Phangan to meet him. Spent ages waiting at the airport... at least they had cheap internet!
His first sentence was along the lines of "my God, there are so many people who look just like you...!" (Nine years and he still can't recognize me! what does that say about our relationship?!) Apart from that it was great to see him again.
He fell in love with a satay stall on his first night (yup, he has his priorities! I swear, sometimes I think he would be better suited to my brother Mark). But calamity! yesterday, when we tried to find the stall again it had moved. Poor guy. The woman had been replaced by someone selling deep fried bugs and snails. Ugh!
We were originally planning to go down to Ko Chang for a few days of rest and relaxation before hitting Cambodia, but he appears to be fit and rearing to go, so we're off to Cambodia either tomorrow or the day after. Can't wait to finally see Angkor Wat.
