Down To The Bank Again Today,

we have been dodging showers all day,

the streets were just beginning to dry as we got to town,

we keep having to pump up the front tyre, new one and inner tube to be fitted soon,

the view from the bank looking towards the Pattaya Beer Garden,

it looked like the rain was to continue all day, so it was in the truck to pop over to see Riza, we stopped at the market on the other side of the tracks for some food for the girls,

there they were Goh, Diana and Riza, but I was sure I heard some one else and there she was Anchisa,

the girls tucked into a seafood feast, I sat outside and read a book with Pretty Kitty the cat for company,

although difficult to see the rain came pouring down again, good job we did not bring the bike, later Mike arrived home so a few more cups of tea and we were off,

to the rain soaked night market on Theppresit, we took the bike, unfortunately the car park behind the market turns into a quagmire when it rains,

the skies looked ominous, in fact a light drizzle never really stopped,

it was quiet late by now, but many of the traders did not show up due I guess to the weather,

this stall opposite the beer bar was set up, but within the hour it had been taken away,

wet spaces where stalls should have been were everywhere,

but on to the shopping, fresh mangoes for this evening, but it is now the end of the season, so these were not the sweetest of the crop,

until recently I had not seen these fish bar-b-q's that rotate the fish with a motor, then today I saw this brand new one,

three stalls away another new one,

then a third all in the space of 15 meters or so,

a soft slushy drink for Diana,

but over to the bar for me, whilst there the Radio Bee 103 FM tuk-tuk drove slowly past,

whilst sitting in the beer bar waiting for Diana to finish her shopping I was chatting to Martin and Thor from Norway they were in the same boat as me waiting for their sweethearts to return from a shopping fest, they are over here for a month or so before leaving for home with their Thai wives, strange how everyone is so friendly out here, back in the UK most people in a similar situation would not dream of striking up a conversation with a complete stranger, I wonder if it is the same in other bars in Europe or America?

the rain had returned again from a fine drizzle to what I would call proper rain,

then Diana called back to the bar with her shopping,

dry and home at last, chicken curry for this evenings meal,

then feet up for A.I. Artificial Intelligence, we had seen it before a long time ago, David is a marvel of cybernetic progress who really only wants to be a real boy, loved by his mother and his father in that happy place called home, but David journeys out into the forests to find a way to become a real boy, the film charts that journey, a dose of Kavanagh QC followed, Bearing Witness, a seriously ill boy needs a blood transfusion to save his life, due to their religion both mother and son refuse the life saving transfusion, the 13 year old son preferring to die, the good news is that it had a happy ending for the family, the son died and Mom lived happily ever after! then off to bed.