Merry Christmas one and all.

I am here in Arizona at home, where my parents live and where much of my mail ends up whenever there are not enough stamps to make it down to Sydney. Doing the holiday thing with the fam. Hanging out, opening presents the like. Just some nice down time, which has been great, but I figure does not make for the most engaging post material.

But good news. I come with gifts for you, my reader. I have been working on the computer for the last few days, and I can now present to you the slide show of the trip. Edited for maximum wow.

Please do tuck in:

1. Vietnam & Cambodia

2. Hong Kong & India

3. London & Paris

I hope that all of you have had a good Christmas. Of course, if you don't do the whole Christian/pagan/atheist thing, I wish you the best in whatever holiday you may be celebrating.

One thing that I picked up from this trip is that there are a whole lot of people out there to whom the 25th of December is just another day. From what I saw in India, Cambodia and Vietnam, Christmas hardly even recognized, and even if it is, it is just another oddity of western culture. Fair enough, without peeking in Wikipedia, I haven't the slightest clue idea what December holidays are celebrated in the towns I passed through, but it sure isn't what I am used to. Whatever it may be, may we all celebrate whatever holidays that we hold dear.

That said, I still think Kwanzaa is a big load of shit.