I think I may actually have figured out how to post photographs on my blog. For my debut photo, here is the first shot I took with the digital camera I purchased in Tokyo, about two days before I left Japan. This is a fruit basket in a Tokyo supermarket. Note that it contains 9 pieces of fruit. It cost 5,200 yen - or about US $50.

When I arrived in Bangkok a few days later, the first thing I did was stop at a stall that sold beautiful fresh papaya and pineapple for about 25 cents per portion. I ate nearly an entire pineapple right then and there, while sitting on a stool near the kerb and grinning between bites.