We Were Up Early Today,

to complete my 90 day check in at immigration,

 on the way we stopped off at the new Coliseum and market complex on Thepprasit Road, the covered market complex is on the right-hand side,

 it appears that most of the glass has been put into the Coliseum so I am guessing in the next month or so it should be open for business,

 and this is where we were heading, the Immigration Office in Soi 5 Jomtien,

 looking along the road in the other direction in the distance there is the new road which runs through to the end of Jomtien,

 the One Tower condominium next to the Immigration Office has now been completed, we thought we would be the first almost to arrive but arriving at 08.40 there were over 40 people in front of us, but the queue went very quickly so by just after 09.15 we were on our way,

 to the Post Office which is in the same road but closer to the beach,

 the sea in the distance on the other side of Jomtien Beach Road,

 and the view looking towards the Immigration Office,

 a happy slightly windswept Diana makes her way back from the Post Office after sending a letter to her family,

 with more smiles as we make our way to the Surf Kitchen restaurant on Jomtien Beach Road for our breakfast,

 Diana decided on a club sandwich whilst I went with bread-crumbed shrimps and salad complete with an ice coffee each,

 the view outside the restaurant looking towards Sattahip, I was hoping for a cloud free evening this evening so I could use my Blue Peter's camera to telescope adaptor, but as the day wore on the clouds continued until in evening we could barely seen the moon at all, it is strange that since I made this small cardboard tube and have been trying to see if it works there has been clouds in the sky every night,

 after our breakfast we made our way to the small market just opposite Soi 5 that the Immigration Office is in,

all of this area is getting more popular but I wonder what difference the new huge market will make that is on Thepprasit Road which is just around the corner,

at the side of the market facing road there is a large car park area with lots of mobile stalls,

most if not all of these, selling preprepared foods,

 on the opposite side of the road from the market as a shrine with a new condominium in the distance now completed,

 a closer picture of the shrine, is a pity though that there are so many overhead power and telephone cables,

 but onto the shopping,

 we were here for some fresh fruit,

 and we were spoilt for choice,

 one thing we do both enjoy in the afternoons is that Diana makes a mango slushy, we decided to take the middle road and bought several of the 50 baht per kilo ones,

 shopping over we made a move back home, but before that this is the view looking opposite the market in the road that runs parallel to Thepprasit Road, at first there were just a few bars like the Wild West Saloon but now there are new bars stretching almost to the end of the road,

 I dropped Diana off back at home, then off to the bank which is just opposite the Pattaya Beer Garden,

 I then filled my bike with petrol before making my way to the motorbike repair shop,

 I had noticed that the the dipped beam in the headlamp had failed, so 70 baht later and I was on my way,

in the afternoon we watched The Day of the Triffids, the 1981 TV series, I am sure by now every knows the story of how the Triffids took over the world, the special effects did leave something to be desired but still a good application of John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris's book The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham was one of a number of British authors discussed in a 1960 report into Science Fiction in BBC Drama, the document, which described Wyndham as 'the best practitioner' of British science fiction, led to the creation of the TV serial 'Doctor Who', the producer of this programme, Donald Baverstock, was the son-in-law of writer Enid Blyton and the man who, in 1963, eventually gave the green light for 'Doctor Who' to move into production, so all you 'Doctor Who' fans out there a big hand to John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris,

later in the evening as it was Monday on satellite television three new episodes of some of our favourite series were being aired for the first time, Alaska Gold, Gold Rush and Moment of Impact, after watching those we then decided it was time for bed.