And a happy new year to all.

Chiang mai was a good choice to return, though limping painfully through the countdown and nightmarket, choosing beer over painkillers...hogmanay indeed, a kind of subdued night...

And today, mostly resting as aj escaped with wonderful repair costs for his bike and I got anti inflammatory gel, pills and stretch bandage for my knee and went off to old wooden wat to smile at Buddha and coffee with yoshi, yesterday's blip, who heads to chiang rai tomorrow...

And being sensible, knowing that I have to move soon and so need a bit more stability in knee also a night of rest and hopefully sleep. Been an interesting couple of days...