Saw it. Everyone needs to. Really. Anyone reading this, if you haven't seen it, please go soon.
People seem to think international travel is expensive. It's only expensive if you follow packages and agents. Get a Rough Guide or a Lonely Planet and you'll see how cheap it can be. I gag when I see the prices people pay for resorts like club Med. You can come here for a month with what they charge for a few days.
Here's a trick for you: I met a woman on Koh Samui who had been living in a beach house for months. Before that she traveled through India etc. for about a year. She is French Canadian. Her job is to translate manuscripts. She works by email! She SAVES money by traveling and not having a rent to pay at home. Her beach house was $200 a month. Anyone who has a job like that should really consider taking advantage of the Internet.
I know a lot of people are broke and can't go anywhere, I've been there. But GW Bush? He's incredibly wealthy. What king of idiot with that amount of money lives to be his age and NEVER GOES ANYWHERE? And then, a man so unworldly becomes PRESIDENT! It's frightening.
Anyway, I'm home soon. I'll come to Chez Essada on Wednesday. I'll be going through financial culture shock. After a while, you just get used to prices here and when you go home everything seems so extremely expensive. Eight bucks for a drink! In Vietnam I took 3 people out for drinks at a club and it cost less than that! No more Mr. Sugar Daddy!