Nope. I can't sleep. Between the bumpy motion of the train, the fluro light about 30 cm from my face, and the occasional snoring of the old Thai lady on the bottom bunk across the aisle, I can't sleep. Maybe the three coffee's and two coke's I had today have something to do with it too, but who can say?

This is the night train from Chiang Mai to Bangkok. It's a 14 hour trip, and why wouldn't it be? After all, we're spanning half the country's length in this trip. Once I arrive in Bangkok, I'll be catching another train to span much of the other half too. That one will take me to Surathani near Koh Samui on the Gulf of Thailand side of the peninsula.

I haven't really got anything interesting to say at the moment. My top bunk doesn't even have a window for me to take pictures out of, not that there's much to see at 1 am. I could tell you about Pocky though..

Pocky is another one of those wacky Thai snacks. A box of Pocky contains about 30 sticks of this sort of biscuity stuff that are about 20 cm long, and mostly coated in chocolate. The packaging is interesting - the red box sports a white curvy stripe, not dissimilar from Coke's "Dynamic Ribbon Device". The slogan for Pocky is "The Super Snack". That's sure to have the punter's flocking to their local 7-11 (or their local 6 Elephant, which is where I bought my Pocky). If that slogan doesn't get you, then the only slightly cliched byline of "The Super Snack that's great anytime, anywhere" should have you instantly Pocky-mad.

You can now place your online order for Pocky anytime, anywhere, through the B2C ecommerce superstore on www.brendonmatheson.com.

By the way, Pocky is not actually pronounced the way it is written in English. On the other side of the box, is Pocky in Thai, and it turns out the name of this snack is actually best transliterated as "Bok-ghee".

Maybe it was my excitement about Pocky that was keeping me awake. Maybe now that I've shared the wonder of Pocky with you, I'll be able to get to sleep.