We Were Up Early To Go To The Market,

the problem is that by midday, not only is it crowded it is also very hot,

on the way out we noticed on of the plants had another flower appearing, but it does not look as large as the last ones, but we shall see over the next few days,

as we parked the bike Diana made her way into the market, but I spotted this rather nice Volkswagen,

 it appeared to be of some age, but seemed immaculate, a real gem,

then into the market, this is one of the entrances to Soi Bukaow market, the one opposite the Friendship supermarket, the market is here every Tuesday and Friday,

 mind the boiling oil!,

 as you enter the market there is a number of food stalls,

 selling all sorts of treats,

 and a seated area to eat them,

 so many things to chose from,

 the choice is almost endless,

I then went to the Kodak shop to have some presents wrapped,  

the aquarium still looked good,

 as did the local aquatic shop,

 a Dad trying to get his son interested in fish keeping,

 the mobile coffee stall was here again today,

 and being near to Christmas there were lots of poinsettias for sale,

they are a member of the Euphorbia family, but be warned these plants have a poisonous sap which is extremely painful if it gets into your eyes or mouth directly or from your fingers, so wash after handling them, also if you are a back packer travelling in sunnier climes and you come across some dead Euphorbia and you decided to use it as fuel for the fire to cook on, be warned, if you eat the food you cooked over it you will be ill, very, very ill,

the fresh orange juice cart was also here, 

 but I had not seen this stall before selling wickerwork,

 then Diana was back from shopping with some clothes and food, after an ice coffee home we went,

I called round to see Don, he seems to be making a full recovery and is in good spirits,

then to see Mark, as I arrived a few of the locals were gathering some fruit off of one of the trees in the street, the motorbike making a convenient ladder,

 I am not sure what they are called,

 but they seem grow in bunches just like grapes,

in just a couple of minuets a fair few had been collected, whilst having a tea with Mark Alex called round to say Hi, so we all had a good chat and a few more cups of tea,

 the off to the Friday night market,

 another fine clear evening,

 as we were early there was plenty of space to walk around,

 a couple of clothes stalls opposite the bar this week,

 Sai Jai was also here this week selling her home made knitwear,

 as the sun went down I made my way back to the bar,

 a view from the stalls looking towards the food section,

Steve had already arrived so we meet back in the bar for a beer whilst Diana continued shopping,

 whilst there Bob who is English but hails from Canada arrived to say Hi,

by now it was getting late, we also said Hi to Juu and his wife with her cousin and little Thomas, Diana had just returned for buying a new set of sheets, so it was home to 388,

whilst Diana was cooking I started to watch Black Books, we had seen the series before, but that was a bonus, the characters we already now know are even funnier the second time around, Black Books is a Bafta-winning sitcom about the antics of foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black, his long-haired and long-suffering assistant, Manny, and his best (in fact only) friend, Fran,

we then explored more countries with Micheal Palin in Full Circle, tonight Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Bolivia and Peru, then on to another favourite,

Midsomer Murders, tonight The Glitch, a cyclist was killed in a hit and run, but was the victim the one the car driver wanted to kill? there were some nice cars in tonight's episode, TVR, E-Type, C-Type (briefly), an AC and a Rally Escort, but did I guess the killer? not a chance! then for us off to bed.