No golf today

Tuesday 6th

Now that I don't have to be back home for pennants on Sunday I am plannign to have a few days in Bangkok. I'd originally planned to stay there before I came to golf but finished up going to Wichian Buri instead. Of course I have to check that I can change my flights first. I called the Qantas number in Bangkok and found out today is a public holiday here. I was transferred to an international call centre but gave up after 10 minutes.

I was wandering down to Le Katai after a late breakfast and dropping my laundry on the way. I heard my name called and turned around to see Kevin, the last of the Collier Park group to arrive waving from his taxi. I dropped my laundry and went back to see him. We both then headed to Le Katai.

Dane, Dave and Jason were there and we had a few drinks and then headed for the Soi Bua Khao Markets. These are under canvas and within a very short time after entering I was dripping with sweat, enough to elicit comments not only from the guys but from one of the stall holders. If you weren't in front of a fan or getting some breeze it was stifling. I wasn't in any state to try stuff on, even if I foiuund something than may have been in my size. I wandered ahead of the guys and when they didn't catch up heade round the corner to the air-conditioned Tukcom building.

Here is where they see the technical stuff. Phones, cameras computers and DVDS, CDS etc. I looked around for a while but didn't buy anything. eventually I took a baht bus back to the hotel, put on the air con and read for a while, possibly having a nap as well.

At 6 i returned to Le Katai and 15 of us got on a baht bus and when to Porn's restaurant. She is a "friend" of one of the guys and her niece is with one of the others. Her place was the other side of the main rad to Bangkok and certainly no place we would have gone to accidentally. Most of us had steak and then she presented everybody with a "lady drink" these turned out to be some 39% proof spirit with some sickly cordial in it. very sweet and quite potent, if you could stomach the sweetness. Most of the glasses didn't get finished. we also had plates of sweets and then apple pie and fresh fruit. All this and some soft drinks for under $7.

They had a fish tank in the corner with one very large white fish in it. When I put my face close to the tank it shook its head opened its mouth as if it was laughing at me. Some of the others come up and it did the same thing to them, to everybody's amusement.

I was happy enough to come back to the hotel once we returned. It is reasonably pleasant out now but it was very hot and humid during the day. Marie and a couple of others played golf and she is quite burnt on her shoulders. I wore the same tank top I wore in the garden back home one day which left me sunburnt for 3 or 4 days. This time I made sure the sun screen reached all the way to the edge of the shirt.