Bangkok On our way to Penang airport we stopped off at 'Snake Temple', which we thought was going to be a worthy diversion. Unfortunately, the temple was under renovation, and the Pit Vipers had been moved to a room that had more of a 'classroom' feel to it than anything sacred, and there was no altar or anything that looked even slightly impressive. We even thought the snakes were plastic for a little while until one moved, things looked that contrived! So, disappointed, we arrived at the airport and did the routine stuff. Suppose the only slightly interesting funny thing to mention was that a guy had decided to take up three seats in the one place were there was extra legroom, right at the front of the plane, and was ushering people away when they
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