I Wanted To Go Shopping,

so off to the market,

this is the entrance to the Soi Bukaow market that I normally use,

but for a change today I went into Soi Bukaow itself,

on the right is the market I normally go in to, with stalls right to the street, and boiling oil!

but if you are on a budget on the left hand side of Soi Bukaow there is a second market, selling secondhand goods, mainly clothes and shoes,

at this end there is mainly fruit stalls,

I took a slow walk through, buying a couple of things on the way, eventually arriving at the fish shop,

I then walked over to Friendship to shop a little there, but before I crossed the road I spotted the remotely controlled rocket firing electric toy ride from last night, what a coincidence that out of all of the bike repair shops in Pattaya I should bump into it the next day,

well a few things I bought needed to be gift wrapped, so I called into the Kodak shop where for a small fee they are wrapped for you,

it was also nice to have a look at their marine aquarium, the blue fish is a regal tang, the last time I saw one of those was when we went to the fish farm,

in case you want to use their service this is the view looking towards Decorum and Friendship,

I watched a few DVD's in the day time Judge John Deed series 5 being one of them, the strange thing is although it is on the BBC website you can it seems only buy this series in Holland - with Dutch subtitles - not English ones, a legal thing I guess,

then to the Pinklady Kitchen on Mick's recommendation for my evening meal,

2 glasses of pineapple juice, prawn cocktail for a starter,

sirloin steak and chips on a hot plate for the main course, 390 baht, it would have been 100 baht cheaper if I had the pepper steak, good food in a nice clean restaurant,

a quick look over my shoulder as I left, it is in Soi 17, this is the view if you are driving towards it from Third Road,

then feet up a quick look at the cable channels then settle down with a glass or two of red wine, then I watched The Day the Earth Stood Still, this was the 1951 version, much better than the remake, but then I so often find that is the case, then off to bed.