Thai reentry

We arrived in Bangkok on the evening of the 11th and basically did chores around Bangkok, get a cell phone 01166854466954, booked tickets to Chiengmai where we are going to stay for most of the time in Thailand. The tourist business is way down due to the Burma situation in spite of the fact there is no danger etc. Bangkok is the same crazy place with terrible traffic, great food and visual contrasts galore. We will be in India for 2 weeks touring many of the places that the Buddha was born, lived, taught and died. This group consists of 4 buses (approx 100 people). We do a little sightseeing and a lot of discussion about Abidhamma. Out last trip was a similar size but only 4 "foreigners" but this time we have a lot more "farangs" and will have a lot more discussions in English.