Paris, Bangkok, Vientiane, Tha Thom

You may need to dig out your trusty atlas to figure out where all those places are!
Dave and I parted ways in Paris.  I headed home and his adventures continued eastward.  As I said earlier, I will quote some of his e-mails to keep you up to date on his travels.
Bangkok:  "hot and steamy, like Douala, but doesn't smell like Douala."
Vientiane, Laos:  a two-hour delay in reaching this city.  Paperwork was a bit of an adventure. 
Tha Thom, Laos:  "Guess where all the MCC blankets go that your mother sews?  To MCC of course.  And I am sleeping under one of those tonight."
The last night wasn't that great because of a noisy Buddhist festival going on, and because of a hard bed and a cool night.
He's 14 hours ahead of Alberta time zone.  It's going to be interesting to try to call each other.