I don't know what percentage of this blog's audience was with me during my one-month stint in Bangkok, but if you were, you may recall the Khet Klongtoey Mosquito Offensive of 2007. Close to tragic, really. Nearly wiped out a lovely floating population of Israelis, Romanians, Filipinos and well, one American.

As a preface to my current tale of woe and uncomfortable hilarity and as proof that mosquitoes are no joke over in Thailand, I shall let you ponder the artistic interpretation above. It might as well be a photo.