Anyone who knows me knows I am not an organised traveller. While I plan my trips semi–carefully, when it comes to packing, I’m not all there. I leave it till the last minute and near always forget something.

And so it was I found myself in Nakhon Ratchasima (Khorat) in February 2020 sans a charger for my Nikon. Khorat, set in the southwest corner of Nort…