Thank you to Dave for his suggestions of the Je Hoy Cafe and Ad Here the 13th Blues Bar. The food at the cafe was lovely, though there were two next to each other and whether I was at the correct one, or whether the same people run the both I have no idea.
I had prawns cooked with chilli, garlic and basil (100 baht), a chang beer (big one 60 baht) and a bottle of water (10 baht). The prawns came with rice and everything was a grand total of roughly $3.00, I'm forced to work in dollars because this keyboard has no pound sign....racialists!
The blues bar was excellent, I have pictures and a short video when I find somewhere that will let me upload it. A mojito, blue lagoon and (small) singha beer later ($8ish) I was wibbling home, it was about a 10 minute walk, but all in one direction. Let me tell you, when you land in a foreign country with 50% humidity and your physiology is still desperately trying to catch up.....DON'T go drinking, I didn't deserve this hangover, at least I don't think so.....
The music was good, and then a live band turned up, very good, lovely lovely. I finally did something with my time!!
I checked out this morning, and purchased some sexy purple 3/4 length fishermans pants. Those'll be nice for long train/plane/boat journies. I also got a very hippyish long sleeved cotton thingymabob for evenings and insect...bastards. They really like your ankles :(
So....now I'm just hanging out at the lodge and chilling until I get a taxi to the station, my train is at half 7 but I'll get there early to have a wander. I very cleverly forgot to bring an adaptor with me and so I'll look for one at the station, along with something to treat mossie bites, though they're not annoying me too much at the moment, and YES I am taking my pills mummy and daddy, I don't fancy malaria.
I'll leave you todays news from Bangkok:
The Red shirts (UDD, National United front of Democracy against Dictatorship - those of the blood) have taken up position in the main shopping district in Bangkok, thoroughly pissing off many people. Anti-riot police are there, but the army has taken a position of non-force, fearing that the use of force could result in violent clashes. On my lovely tuk tuk ride round the shops yesterday we went past this a few times, I wondered what on earth was going on...now I know.
Thailand are appealing to Jakarta for the release of around 100 members of a seafaring nomad tribe. They were passing through Indonesian territory in their traditional boats when they were arrested on fishing and trespassing offences. he reason I love this story is because I LOVE the idea that we still have seafaring nomads in this world, lets not pressure them to extinction too soon please. :)
I had prawns cooked with chilli, garlic and basil (100 baht), a chang beer (big one 60 baht) and a bottle of water (10 baht). The prawns came with rice and everything was a grand total of roughly $3.00, I'm forced to work in dollars because this keyboard has no pound sign....racialists!
The blues bar was excellent, I have pictures and a short video when I find somewhere that will let me upload it. A mojito, blue lagoon and (small) singha beer later ($8ish) I was wibbling home, it was about a 10 minute walk, but all in one direction. Let me tell you, when you land in a foreign country with 50% humidity and your physiology is still desperately trying to catch up.....DON'T go drinking, I didn't deserve this hangover, at least I don't think so.....
The music was good, and then a live band turned up, very good, lovely lovely. I finally did something with my time!!
I checked out this morning, and purchased some sexy purple 3/4 length fishermans pants. Those'll be nice for long train/plane/boat journies. I also got a very hippyish long sleeved cotton thingymabob for evenings and insect...bastards. They really like your ankles :(
So....now I'm just hanging out at the lodge and chilling until I get a taxi to the station, my train is at half 7 but I'll get there early to have a wander. I very cleverly forgot to bring an adaptor with me and so I'll look for one at the station, along with something to treat mossie bites, though they're not annoying me too much at the moment, and YES I am taking my pills mummy and daddy, I don't fancy malaria.
I'll leave you todays news from Bangkok:
The Red shirts (UDD, National United front of Democracy against Dictatorship - those of the blood) have taken up position in the main shopping district in Bangkok, thoroughly pissing off many people. Anti-riot police are there, but the army has taken a position of non-force, fearing that the use of force could result in violent clashes. On my lovely tuk tuk ride round the shops yesterday we went past this a few times, I wondered what on earth was going on...now I know.
Thailand are appealing to Jakarta for the release of around 100 members of a seafaring nomad tribe. They were passing through Indonesian territory in their traditional boats when they were arrested on fishing and trespassing offences. he reason I love this story is because I LOVE the idea that we still have seafaring nomads in this world, lets not pressure them to extinction too soon please. :)
Traditional nomad boat - pinisi
sounds like you have had a much better day.I had my brain scan yesterday, what a horrendously noisy machine! They fit you with ear plugs and you just think they are being cautious, but oh no! I came out very disorientated,and to add to that they would not let me take my glasses in. I felt like a blind bat being led to the slaughter. At least they didn't come back to me and say they couldn't find a brain! Stay happy, enjoy luv mum
ReplyDeleteAh! But did they say they'd found one? Maybe they were just trying to be kind.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a horrid experience, comparable to a tuk tuk perhaps? :D
Train soon, I'm desperately trying to find things to do to fill mytime up. Big kisses xx
whoop whoop. first hangover of the trip. Glad you are getting into the swing of things. Good luck up North xxxx
ReplyDeleteI heard of the shannigans going on with the red shirts in Thailand and thought...oh bloody hell - but your okay and have to move on making your way to North...right?
ReplyDeleteI haz an ok, I walked past a redshirt camp in Chiang Mai today too, they're a pretty peaceful bunch in general lol
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