First Thing We Were Off To Makro,

to meet Bob and Porn,

 amongst other things we were getting low on my medicinal red wine,

 but I now have 10 liters in reserve,

 as soon as we arrived home and unpacked the shopping we were off again,

 to the RS Seaside Hotel on Jomtien Beach road,

 conveniently located for the beach just across the road,

we had called round to meet Steve and Anita, but we were a bit early, as we had a coffee a truck selling those small oranges we like pulled up outside,

 so Diana was off like a rocket,

 3 kilos for 100 baht, a bargain!

of course we had way too many, but I knew we would be giving some to our next door neighbour,

 then Steve and Anita arrived so we had a chat about where to meet up later,

next to Steve's room, he had very kindly bought Diana 3 huge bars of Toblerone, an early Christmas present and had kept them in the fridge, trouble is I can not see them lasting till Christmas!

 the view from his room,

when we returned I popped next door with some of the oranges, in her front garden I noticed a plant that I had not seen before,

 it looked quiet strange with green leaves that then turned to a sort of pink/purple,

 at the end of which was this small yellow flower,

 all to soon it was time to go again,

 it was getting dark as we made our way along Soi Diamond,

 past Sea Zone, we were on our way to the Pattaya Beer Garden,

the car at this bar was being cleaned, if you look carefully you can see he is wearing Health & Safety flip-flops!

 the Walking Street sign is still working I am happy to say, 

we sat at a table looking along the bay, apart from meeting Steve and Anita we had read there was going to be a fireworks display,

 but we (Diana) thought a table looking towards one of the floating restaurants would be better,

 in the event we moved again to a seat almost opposite the seafood restaurants,

the floating restaurant had a neon crab whose arms beckoned you by opening and closing, it was almost hypnotic,

after a plate of warm cashew nuts our meals arrived, chicken with vegetables and plain rice for myself,

 and a lasagna for Diana,

 Steve also went for the lasagna,

 whilst Anita had the chicken and rice,

 as we left the tide which was high as we arrived had now become low, as it happened we found out the fireworks had been cancelled till next month but it was a secret!

 next stop to Champions where we had a great time and were well looked after by all of the staff, then a walk back to the taxis,

 but on the way we pasted the bug cart, Diana just had to have some,

 most had already been sold,

 Anita could not believe her eyes,

 but she just had to try one,

 in it goes,

 then another,

 just a quick crunch,

 and taste the flavour!

 Diana of course needed no encouragement,

 then to the pancake stall,

 the first of three to go,

 now number two,

meanwhile on our side of the counter Anita decided she really liked the bugs, we should have bought the bigger bag,

 pancake number three on the way,

 cooked and almost ready to go,

 just cut into mouth sized pieces,

add condensed milk and sugar and we are good to go, we went our separate ways then a DVD when we arrived home,

we had watched From Hell, a little while ago but it was sort of the first one that came to hand, the story of Freemasons and a Royal cover up in this very atmospheric movie, then for us off to bed.