We Had A Bit Of Shopping To Do Today,

first a visit to a watch shop to have a couple of links removed from my watch strap,

I asked one of the stalls in the market to shorten it, but was told no, so on Marks recommendation we went to the watch shop, just down from the TukCom Centre going towards the market on Pattaya Tai, great shop, all watches are original, and for just 40 baht the strap now fits,  

next stop the TukCom Centre itself, the two air pumps we have on the aquariums are nearly I guess about a year old, they are giving a fraction of the air they once did so two new ones at 210 baht each and we were good to go,

in the afternoon we watched a couple of DVDs, Mark called round for a tea and a chat, then it was time to hit the town, this is Soi Marine Plaza looking towards Second Road,

and towards Soi Blues Factory, work is still continuing on what was Coyote's but still no sign of what the new bar will be called,

 first port of call Champions to meet up with Juu,

as we left Champions we bumped into Marcel who we both have not seen for more than 6 months or so, after catching up with what has been happening we took a stroll along to Soi Diamond for a couple in Super Girl, then into The Sea, (the bar not the ocean), and bumped into John and his wife Apple along with some of their friends,

we walked along a very crowded Walking Street, past the big tree which has become a shrine, many people making offerings there every day,

we also went past the Turkish ice cream seller who had a huge crowd watching the show, the picture shows a few people looking but there must have been 30 or more laughing at the act that was being put on, next stop Roxy's to say Hi to Grieg, there we bumped into Jim from Pittsburgh,

as it was getting late we made a move back to Champions where we met up with Patrick of TQ2 fame who we had not seen for years, I was starting to think it was my night for meeting friends when the other Patrick of Heavens Above walked in and said Hi, just after chatting to him Chris walked past to say hello as well, his injury now healing up nicely, then it was home to 388,

in the afternoon we watched Sink the Bismarck! the film chronicles the breakout of the Bismarck during the early days of World War Two, based on a true story the career of the vessel is here, for me a great film, but obviously showing its age as it is black and white,

I decided to watch another old black and white favourite, Quatermass and the Pit, I do not know why, but dated though it is I still find it a scary movie, when a skull is found during building works at Knightsbridge, London, the work is halted in order that a full archaeological dig can proceed, but then something strange is found along side the skull, first thoughts are that it is an unexploded bomb, but is it? originally it was broadcast on British television as six 30 minute episodes, so at 3 hours running time it took up most of the afternoon, by the time I arrived back from Champions it was late, so for us we were off to bed.