.....and my base for the next month. I have actually booked a flight for Sunday out of Trafford's pad, so I'm emerging from the cocoon, and almost ready for more. First stop: Chiang Mai (flight cheaper than a 10 hour train ride - what would you choose?), then not sure. One step at a time.....
I thought I'd hit up a refresher course on the major tourist sites - so that's now done. I've also hit up the major shopping malls, so that's done. I have a month to ponder purchases. And been to the cinema twice (hmmm. I'm sensing I may have overstayed the third world just a little). And while I have been offered many a ping pong show, I won't be attending and there won't be any photos (therefore) on this website - I can assure you. It was Corey's birthday and Sarah's birthday while I've been in Bangkok, so I did meet up with them again - it was quite fun taking people to Patpong that have never been there before.........
Now, at this point, I was really temple temple blah blah (oh, the shame, but I have been before and this was pre-Bang-koma) but the others were into it, so I played the game:
It was Corey's birthday so I reluctantly agreed to go to the Baiyoke Sky Tower for dinner - I thought it would be bad, and it was. The view was good but the dinner was awful. Under no circumstances go there if you are in Bangkok - you'll be fleeced 800Bht for the privilege, and it's dog food.
The next day I met up with Trafford after a slow start - there was some miscommunication, he thought I'd gone missing as I missed my check-in time to Chez Trafford, but it turned out that Telstra were sending my texts somewhere into the ether, not to his mobile phone. Grrrr.
And the rest is history. 72 hours of uniterrupted wireless internet, movies in my airconditioned bedroom, sleep (yay!) and great food at call. Clean clothes. Internet banking (phew, I've rectified the cash situation). Speaking English with someone who understands enough of my history that I don't have to explain everything about everything when I make a reference or a joke...... I almost feel human. And almost ready to take off again.... but definitely will be checking back into Chez Trafford before too long......
I thought I'd hit up a refresher course on the major tourist sites - so that's now done. I've also hit up the major shopping malls, so that's done. I have a month to ponder purchases. And been to the cinema twice (hmmm. I'm sensing I may have overstayed the third world just a little). And while I have been offered many a ping pong show, I won't be attending and there won't be any photos (therefore) on this website - I can assure you. It was Corey's birthday and Sarah's birthday while I've been in Bangkok, so I did meet up with them again - it was quite fun taking people to Patpong that have never been there before.........
Here at the temple of the Emerald Buddha and Palace complex......
Feeling a bit templed out, I thought it time to show them how it's done....
And at Wat Pho - the temple of the Reclining Buddha..... which looks large here.......
But trust me it's even bigger than you think - this is one big buddha - I think it's like 50m long at least and 14m high. Huge. Note that the black and white half circles are his toes. Gold leaf though. Too big to be solid. I clinked my coins again into the Good Luck buckets along his back and let's all hope that it happens, as I've been shat on enough (literally. First the albatross, then a gecko at Nha Trang station - I was unimpressed).
Now, at this point, I was really temple temple blah blah (oh, the shame, but I have been before and this was pre-Bang-koma) but the others were into it, so I played the game:
...and got this great shot of the Pagodas.....
...the suffocated Buddhas.....
...and inside this temple....
The canal ride home was slightly safer than the public bus ride to the temples, but ever so more odourous. And getting splashed in the face with canal water is not nice - Corey swears he saw a dead cat floating by.... naice!
It was Corey's birthday so I reluctantly agreed to go to the Baiyoke Sky Tower for dinner - I thought it would be bad, and it was. The view was good but the dinner was awful. Under no circumstances go there if you are in Bangkok - you'll be fleeced 800Bht for the privilege, and it's dog food.
The next day I met up with Trafford after a slow start - there was some miscommunication, he thought I'd gone missing as I missed my check-in time to Chez Trafford, but it turned out that Telstra were sending my texts somewhere into the ether, not to his mobile phone. Grrrr.
And the rest is history. 72 hours of uniterrupted wireless internet, movies in my airconditioned bedroom, sleep (yay!) and great food at call. Clean clothes. Internet banking (phew, I've rectified the cash situation). Speaking English with someone who understands enough of my history that I don't have to explain everything about everything when I make a reference or a joke...... I almost feel human. And almost ready to take off again.... but definitely will be checking back into Chez Trafford before too long......
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