First Thing,

and we are on our way  to Bangkok,

 sunrise through the windshield as we hit the new road to Bangkok from Pattaya,

and this is our first stop, the Embassy of the Philippines, later this year we are inviting Diana's Mum and three of her younger brothers and sisters over to Thailand for a holiday,

but we needed one of these before they would be allowed to board a plane in the Philippines, it is an Affidavit of Support, I guess to make sure that they would not become a burden on the Thai government in case they became ill whilst here on holiday, so we will send the affidavit tomorrow by Fed-Ex to make sure it will arrive safe and sound,

 our next stop? you guessed it, the live fish market at the Chatuchak Weekend Market, the pet section opens every day except Mondays,

we also needed to buy some more fish food, the type our fish seem to like is not available locally, I guess I do spoil them!

 there is so much to see here, if you like keeping fish that is,

 some shops selling just aquatic plants,

 others like these selling koi carp kept in these blue pools,

 out on the street we noticed this chaps stall, 

he was selling small freshwater lobsters/crayfish, we had kept one once before but did not replace it when it died as they were very expensive,

but here they were 50 baht each, so we bought one, the trouble is we should have looked around first, just 10 meters or so away another stall was selling slightly smaller ones at 5 for 100 baht, D'Oh!,

 along the front of the street side stalls there was a selection of mobile food stalls,

 also restaurants where you could sit down,

 Diana said this shop gave her goose bumps,

 huge mealworms, food for fish, frogs and birds,

 this lady has set up her shop on the street,

 as it happens the fish she had looked quiet nice,

 a cool drink for me, cold coffee in a tin,

 another stall that Diana rushed by, more mealworms,

 time to buy another few fish,

 I know there is some money in there!

 deal done smiles all round,

 we will have that one and that one please,

 and these are how much?

 half way through the market there are another couple of food stalls,

 then to my favourite shop, All Fish, having said that they also have a good selection of plants and shrimps,

 they always seem to have a good selection of some of the more unobtainable elsewhere fish, also a new puppy to look after them,

 home at last, now to put our fish into their new homes,

 easy does it,

I add a bit of aquarium water to the bags the new arrivals are in to get them use to any changes in temperature, p.h., hardness etc,

also when purchasing the fish a anti fungus chemical is added to the bag, notice the slight green colour of the water in the bag, so I net the fish out of the bag then discard the water which the fish have been travelling in for the past few hours,

 no sooner had I completed this when it was time for glad rags on,

 as were off to Cherry's restaurant,

 it was Wednesday, so we went for the International buffet,

we had arranged to meet Mr. Tony there, also we had decided to arrive early, god job we did as it was fully booked, people were being turned away all night, we were lucky as the table we had was not needed till 9.00 in the evening,

starters for Mr. Tony and myself, but Diana went straight in with the spare ribs, she figured that she might be too full to eat them later!

 'Cheers!', from us,

 a few more starters for Diana and myself,

 more smoked salmon as well as prawns,

 then to the main courses,

 fish for Mr. Tony, kebabs of prawns and chicken satay for myself,

 then the desserts,

 then a few more!

 next an unexpected guest, Patrick called by to say Hi,

and had his picture taken next to Diana, well we had a full day, Mr. Tony very kindly gave us a ride home where we watched some of Sailor as he had not seen it before and found it very entertaining, after he left even though it was only midnight we both came over a bit tired so for us it was off to bed.