the morning dawned bright and clear,
so we were off with Russ to the coral island,
but not on a speed boat,
we took the 30 baht each way cruise with the passenger boat, passing some of the work on the new jetty,
it appears that the old one is too small,
so I guess the new one will be a lot bigger,
we were soon being caught up by the 'fast' boat,
and overhauled,
for a number of times we have passed this point the tourist submarine was here, but not this or the last time,
one of the bays before we disembark,
Russ was happy watching the speedboats go past,
not long now,
and here we are, overlooking one of the bays,
we have been to this one before, but Diana likes the bigger bay better, more food and ice cream shops!
we are going to walk about half way along the beach,
and here we are set up for the day with a coffee and chicken fried rice,
Diana had the same then she chilled out with her iShuffle,
then a beer each for dessert,
Diana looking as lovely as ever decided she wanted an ice cream,
then where better to buy one than at the Turkish ice cream show? these stalls are popping up all over town, we have seen the boss many times in Pattaya, but this is one of his friends on the island,
the show takes the form of when you are given the ice cream the scoop used is turned upside down so you just grab thin air,
great fun for any one watching, Diana pronounced the ice cream delicious,
a bit later the boss arrived from the mainland to make sure all was going well,
all to soon it was time to leave, a quick picture of some multi coloured hairgrips,
as it is the low season there were lots of chairs to chose from,
and speed boats to go home in,
so it is goodbye to the coral island,
and on to the 30 baht ferry,
a quick look at the engine, from one side,
the direct drive rear,
and the other side of the engine,
55 minuets or so later and we were back on the jetty in Pattaya,
the pile driving going on all day,
also whilst we were there I spotted this long tail boat, it looks so similar to the one at the top of our first page that I took some 28 years ago,
nearly a half moon,
but the roasted chicken stall was, so half a roasted chicken for 65 baht,
and some fresh fruit,
melon and pineapple,
then a couple from Midsomer Murders, Hidden Depths, young solicitor Nicholas Turner, plagued by financial problems, falls from the roof of his house as his wife witnesses the event through the front windows, was it suicide or some thing more sinister? followed by Sauce for the Goose, a tour of Plummer's famous relish factory ends in tragedy when one of the visitors is crushed against towers of relish bottles and dumped naked into a 200-degree sterilizer, well that was something different! then for us off to bed.
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