Bangkok
I’m in Bangkok and have already experienced wonderful mouth-searing curry, soothing Thai coffee, and (I’m pretty sure) the first heatstroke case of many to come.
Jim Thompson’s house
Moving tip for Philadelphia
For the benefit of the Philly people who read this site I’m sharing a recommendation for moving help. I elected to drive my own truck and hire help to move the apartment into the truck. Tom Brouillette at Sultans of Schlep (215 939 7510) was affordable, efficient, and loaded my truck with much more skill and care than if I had done it myself .
I also used a Penske truck to move, which seems to be a much safer bet than renting from U-haul. Use caution on the online calculator that tells you what size truck to rent – I overshot the calculator’s recommendation by about 50% (i.e., my stuff required 150% of the size it recommended).
Finally, ULine.com has cheap boxes, shrink wrap, labels, and other things that make the move go much more smoothly.