We Started The Day Early,

I dropped Diana off at the beauty saloon,

 it is the usual one that she goes to in the street by the side of the TukCom centre,

 so I dropped her off there and popped over to have a coffee with Nick and Maureen,

after leaving them I made my way back to the same street and had a Coke light whilst waiting for Diana's treatment to finish, this is a side view of the TukCom Centre from the small café where I was seated, the treatment centre is just 10 or so shop house further down the street,

 and the next port of call was to the tropical fish shop on Third Road, we were getting low on food for the fish so I bought a couple of packs of fish food there,

 we were also getting low on fresh fruit, so we called into one of the open-air markets,

 it is the start of the mangosteen season, but it was a papaya that Diana was after on this stall,

 plus a fresh melon,

 it was also the start of the rambutan season,

 mangosteens, they were everywhere,

 we made our way past the rotating fish barbecue,

 some already prepared and ready to go,

 we also called in at the fresh pineapple stall,

 arriving home we noticed that another cactus had flowered,

 it was in bud just a couple of days ago,

 we watched some television in the afternoon and then decided that we both fancied a Chinese meal,

 and where better to go than the China Garden in Soi Lengkee?

 we have eaten here many times before, we chose some prawn crackers to nibble on as we looked through the menu,

 decision made we ordered our starters,

 a selection of barbecued spare ribs, spring rolls, satay chicken and prawns on toast covered in sesame seeds,

 'Cheers!', from both of us,

 and another one from me as our next course arrived,

 this time butterflied prawns, is that a word butterflied?

 I always think it's a nice touch when some decoration accompanies the food,

 it almost looked good enough to eat!

 what is also nice here is the decor with a distinctly Chinese theme,

 our next course duly arrived,

 crispy shredded duck with pancakes, sauce, onions and sliced cucumber,

 by now we were totally full to bursting, so after paying our bill, with a couple of carafes of wine it came to 2,000 baht (at todays rate  £44.20 $66.46), it was into a baht bus,

 so if you fancy a Chinese meal in nice surroundings, 

 we can both thoroughly recommend the China Garden,

 Diana enjoying the cool breeze of the evening as we make our way home,

 and here we are home again, so lock up the front gate then, inside for nightcap, we watched some television and then for us we were off to bed.