We Had A Few Things To Do Today,

so we started early going to a restaurant that we had forgotten about,

 here is how to get there, if you go to the far end of Walking Street or come down from the flyover on Third Road look for the motorboat park,

 it is easy to find as it has lots of boats parked there, also there are these huge new condos being built, Diana took this picture of them looking back towards them,

 naturally on busy days there are just trailers in the park,

 just follow the dolphin lights that are on the right hand side,

 a view looking towards the far side of Pattaya bay,

 in the distance the new marina is nearing completion,

 if you are in a car or on a bike be careful as work is still ongoing on the roads, the rubble left after this backhoes operation was uneven to say the least,

 the good news was that we nearly had clear blue skies,

 further along the road there were more speedboats parked in the road,

 we were by now just passing the start of the marina,

 the far side in the distance,

 we were making our way towards the lighthouse, it is there that the road swings to the left and starts to go uphill,

 and as soon as that happens turn right into the restaurants car park,

 almost next to this water feature there is a set of steps that leads to the tables on the breach,

 and that is where we sat,

 Koh Larn in the distance,

 'Cheers!' with a ice coffee,

 in the far distance speedboats are making their way to the island,

 our breakfast arrived, tom yum goong soup with deep fried prawns,

 with some chicken fried rice,

it all looked and tasted so nice, now here is a bit of a problem, nowhere did we see the name of the restaurant, all we can say is that it is next to the lighthouse, but for a relaxing meal by the sea it is very pleasant indeed,

 after our meal we drove along Second Road, the Ripley's balloon in the distance,

 we then turned left towards the sea,

 we were on a mission, 

 turning left we headed for the bank,

 then to our next stop, the Central Festival motorbike park,

 we were going on a shopping spree, Christmas had come early, as Diana is going to the Philippines soon she just had to have a new handbag, so off to Charles & Keith we went,

then the next floor up, to the Samsung shop, yes the new Galaxy Note 3 was in, I had already made the decision to buy one some time ago and the day had arrived, even better the staff said that as a special offer if I bought one they would give me a free 32 GB card, it appears it remembers a lot, the other bit of good news was that of course I can change the card for a bigger 64 GB card if I wish to, what sensible idea,


but there was a slight problem the spare batteries had not arrived yet, well only a fool would travel to the coral islands without a spare battery, I have lots of audio books and music that I want to load onto the telephone, the good news is that as I already own the CDs I do not have to pay for them again, unlike the daylight robbery that some other more dubious company practises, where even though you own the CD you have to buy the product again from their on line store, at least when Dick Turpin robbed you he had the decency to wear a mask!

there was one other slight problem, the new telephone would only take a mini SIM card, so Diana popped downstairs to the AIS shop, all of my telephone numbers were transferred to a new mini card that AIS gave us for free! but whilst I waited about 15 minutes or so the store sold two more Galaxy Note 3s, one Note 2 as it was on special offer, one S3 telephone and one S4, the money was just rolling in, but here is something I found so amusing, in all of that time the Bad Apple outlet next door did not have a single customer!

 soon we were home for the pictures, 

 Diana's handbag and matching purse,

 and of course my new toy,

 ta-da!

 and very pretty it looked too,

 the complete picture, having spent a fortune today we have stocked up on bread and water for the next few months!

 we were told to put the battery in the telephone on charge for 8 hours, so that is where it stayed over night, but for now we were off to the weekend night market on Thepprasit Road, the view looking towards Jomtien,

 and inland,

 a secondhand stall opposite the bar this evening,

 the food aisles really crowded tonight,

 not quiet the same quality as the handbag that Diana bought, but not bad for just 100 baht,

 a few shoppers in the pet section,

 one thing we have noticed over the past few years is the number of tour groups that now arrive at the market, it is one of the 'must do' items on the tours itinerary,

 sunset over the market,

 it appears that great British flag the Union Jack has become a fashion accessory out here, we have seen so many items from bags to mini cars with the flag on them,

 not too many clouds in the sky looking inland, after saying our goodbyes to Brian and his family,

 we decided on a meal at the Punch & Judy,

 a few onion rings,

 for Diana spaghetti bolognaise, the Friday special, fish & chips for myself,

'Cheers!', arriving home we watched a couple from Cheers, then dreaming about my Note 3 we were off to bed.