Cairo to Bangkok

I really enjoyed the sights of Egypt and I was also glad to leave. Cairo has so much history but it is not one of my favorite places. So many of the people are aggressive in their selling techniques and you really have to be on guard at all times for scams and rip offs. However I would not trade the pyramids and other sights for anything. I am glad I went. This was my second trip to Egypt and you never get a straight answer when you ask a question. In fact it is so bad that Nadia and I even started using the term "Egyptian answer" to suggest a statement that in no way answers the question. It was that way when I visited Egypt in 2006 with her and it was even worse this time. I guess they reminded me a lot of what I see in the states when a politician is asked a question he does not want to answer the question.Bangkok was a welcome relief. It is an interesting mix of old and new but the people are fantastic. I have been in Thailand for almost a week now and , except for the heat (95f, 35c today), I have really enjoyed it. I took a couple of days and went down to Phuket, an island in south Thailand, and then came back here for a few days. The food is great, the people are friendly, English is spoken by most people I meet, and place is clean. A+ for Bangkok in my book.Today I head to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for three days and then I take a train to Singapore before heading to Sydney Australia