I liked your description of the various 'menus' throughout Asia -- I found the food to be great -- only exception was the pickled chicken feet in Hong Kong -- to add to the enjoyment, they were stone cold! I did eat some soup in Malaysia that was very good -- but I did not want to know what was in it!

I have nothing really to report -- as noted in my last post - I broke my collar bone -- and then broke it worse a second time (instinct's reaching for a falling lamp). Ended up having reconstructive surgery and having a stainless steel 'collar' and 7 screws put in my clavicle. I pride myself on having a high pain tolerance -- but this is by far the worst pain I have ever had. By the way, I need to get a 'certificate' form my doctor to go through metal detectors -- that should be great fun if I go back to Asia!