A young German lad, Helmet ( is that correct?) has been giving us advice on what to eat in Thailand, how to behave, dress, communicate and how to survive Bangkok!

We listened, more than patiently, for at least seven minutes until he went on to inform us it was his first time in the country, that he’d arrived just the day before and had not yet been to the capital!

He went on to offer  us tips on how to live our lives correctly and how disgusting it is that the world is being ruined through ‘genital’ engineering!

He then told us he had just left high school and was 18!

Andrew immediately left for a ciggie and I went back to my flower arranging.

Any thoughts of doing any genital engineering with him flew straight out of the window.

He was definitely a helmet we had no use for!