Sunday Again,

so off to Sunday lunch,

 for today we decided on the Robin's Nest on Soi Diana,

 first the good news, lamb was back on the menu,

 then the bad news, they had run out of red wine, so a glass of white had to do,

 the price had stayed the same at 249 baht including ice cream and a fresh fruit cocktail,

 in the afternoon we watched a DVD, then glad rags on,

 we were off to watch the International Bed Race, a yearly event to raise money for charities in the area,

as we walked to the motorbike taxi our next door neighbour said instead of the guard dog looking after her, she was spending more time looking after it,

Jake's street cred took a bit of a bashing yesterday when he got mugged by the local cat, also if the rumour mill is to be believed one of the gang of tree squirrels is up for a rumble,

 but one day Jake will grow up to be one of these, a Boxer, this is a picture of one of his parents,

as we made our way into town, work had started on what was Coyote ago-go in Soi Marine Plaza, it has remained empty for a couple of years now, but it seems like it has now received a new lease of life,

also as you walk into Soi Blues Factory the first bar on the left has been demolished, so a new beer bar will rise Phoenix like from the ashes in the weeks to come,

 the television at the entrance to the street is still working, as we made our walk along Breach Road,

 just as we were doing so, Mr Glitterman came into view,

 I am not sure what the story is, but he is a regular sight on the streets of Pattaya,

 we decided to take a seat and wait for the race to begin,

 naturally it was thirsty work all of this walking,

 so Diana popped onto the beach to buy me a beer,

 'Cheers!',

 the sea and sky were both looking grey, then the rain started,

 so it was to a restaurant on the other side of the road to wait out the rain,

 Diana finished the chips in no time at all!

 the rain finally came to a halt,

 then the procession began, first a patrol car,

followed by a marching band,

 then various clubs or bars efforts came past,

 many of which I have not seen before,

 the pool party looked popular,

 as did the Champagne ago-go bed,

 I had always thought that beds had to be of the same size,

 but it appears anything with 4 wheel would past muster,

this is the Rotary Club of Pattaya, every year they hold a cross Pattaya Bay swim, last year donating over 200,000 baht,

 and of course The Mercy Centre that we all try to help,

 the centres bed,

 the Central Festival bed,

 and Perfume House,

 the show girls from Alcazar made a visit,

 The Pattaya People newspaper put on a show,

 though I am not sure who these people represent,

 or these,

I think this is the Pattaya Floating Market bed, at least that is what is embroidered on their shirts,

 no mistaking the Hardrock Cafe and restaurant,

 and bringing up the rear, Murphy's Law,

great fun was had by all, also hopefully some funds will have been raised by the evenings end for some charities, we made our way back along a quiet Walking Street, well it was still before 7.00 in the evening so there were only a few beer bars open,

 the presentation stand was being prepared for the contestants, as we went past,

 Diana was hungry,

so we bought a few things on sticks, we next made our way to the motorbike taxi stand, only to find no one was there so we sat on a couple of plastic chairs,

 in doing so one of the local cats woke up,

it could smell Diana's food, the cat stalked her down the road when she came back terrified of the cat Diana of course gave me the food bag,

 so I was trying to keep it out of reach of the cat,

 much to the amusement of several tourist who were waiting to cross the road,

at last a taxi bike appeared so we made our way home, feet up and watched a DVD with a medicinal red wine,

in The Secret of Moonacre, Maria Merryweather must unearth the secrets of the past before the 5000th moon rises and Moonacre disappears into the sea forever, Maria discovers that she is the last Moon Princess and guided by an unlikely mix of allies, she must overcome her family's pride, it is a fantasy adventure, it could have been so much better, but it just seemed to plod along,

Coming to America on the other hand was by contrast a riot, I had watched the film before, many years ago, but this was the first time Diana had seen it, also she picked up on the previous Murphy film when Prince Akeem gives two down and outs a wad of money, they were of course the brothers Mortimer and Randolph Duke from Trading Places,

for anyone in Pattaya with some time on their hands there are a couple of things to do which might interest you, firstly Pattaya Baywatch Bikini contest,

also Pattaya's top Coyote dance contest, first prize 20,000 baht, crikey I might have a go myself! leaving you with that thought, me in a Bikini we were of to bed!