#ACRTW – Obligatory Bangkok touristy shit — Grand Palace, Reclining Buddha and Wat Arun.
I didn’t hire a guide for any of these attractions as I was on high alert for scams and touts — sure enough, someone had the balls to try the old “Grand Palace is closed for a Thai holiday but let me take you somewhere even better” routine, right in front of the clearly open main gate and two armed guards there! When in doubt, ask the guys with bayonets…

#ACRTW – Bangkok by land and sea and land (YouTube vids).
For those who have been, Bangkok is probably about as famous for its congestion as anything else. Here are three quick videos showing the predominant modes of local transportation: First up, the BTS SkyTrain — coincidentally covered in advertising for Nokia’s new N97 Mini.

#ACRTW – My gift to Nokia — I’m fairly certain you won’t find a photo like this anywhere els
via flickr.com Okay Nokia, you can use this photo for free — I’m thinking your campaign could be along the lines of: “The best camera to have is the one you have with you…”

#ACRTW – Check out the crazy video zoom on the Nokia N86! Oh, and also the city of Bangkok.
Sorry that I don’t have more to report, but shortly after I took this video I was sound asleep. I meant to stay up a little longer, I really did. Al Pavangkanan, a fellow North American who’s also in town, even offered to come downtown and show me around a bit. But after being homeless (ok, bed-less) for two days the allure of soft fluffy pillows proved too hard to resist. But I

#ACRTW – Sunday brunch in London with friends.
Hey, isn’t that Tom Hall, the dude who tirelessly collates all the goings-on in the Nokia-verse for WOMWorld.com? Indeed it is — he’s seen here (photo #1) posing at the front door of 1000heads swanky new London HQ. Tom graciously offered to babysit me during my day-long layover in and out of Heathrow, and he brought friends (photo #2). Even better, I got the okay to take one of them with me on my ’round the world tour! But which one? Well, the white N97 actually belongs to Tom so that’s out. And truth be told only the N86 was earmarked for me, mostly because of its high-res camera but also because the other two technically