| Greeting Tom,
sounds like you enjoyed your stay out here. I haven't really had the chance to explore too much of Thailand yet. A little son with his daily Nursery/Kindergarten puts some restrictions on the travel opportunities - or maybe it is just the parents willingness to handle the extra work involved.....
Anyway, your description of Lantus is exactly how I understand it to work so thanks for confirming that. Looking at my current after meal BG values I find them rather high, often 200+ and hence I have some doubts whether a Lantus shot a night will actually be enough to handle my daily BG levels. I guess the only way is to try it out and then see if fast acting insulin will be needed also.
I will opt for the pen as anything with "real" needles is probably a step too far for me, at least in the beginning. | 
