We Had An Early Start,

the taxi arrived at 05.30 AM,

 and we were off,

 through the underpass,

 and heading for the sunrise, we popped into Bangkok to drop a few things off, 

 then home, change, and we were out for a late breakfast to Walking Street,

 which was at this time of day,

 totally deserted, 

 we had decided to eat at the Pattaya Beer Garden, it is easy to find as it is at the start of the first set of bars that goes out over the sea,

 the walkway passes the water treatment plant on Pattaya beach,

 the entrance to the beer garden,

 and the garden itself, a nice water feature, 

Diana chose a small pizza for breakfast,

 for myself a chicken curry, with coffee and a soft drink 370 baht,

 next stop we parked up at Friendship, almost opposite one of the entrances to Soi Bukaow market,

 the new building next to Friendship,

 I am guessing nearing completion,

 we watched some television in the afternoon, then we were off out again to the weekend night market in the Thepprasit Road, I got off at the start of the market,

 whilst Diana stayed on the baht bus to go to Tesco Lotus,

 starting at the far end of the market there are a number of food and drink stalls,

 which then give way to a huge number of shoe stalls,

 I do not normally walk through these aisles when we use the motorcycle, but as we are now on the 10 baht bus route we use that, and I start my walk at the food stalls,

 one of the many happy stall holders,

  selling geological specimens,

 and items of jewellery made from them, like necklaces, 

 and pendants, 

  by now I was at the place I normally start at,

 slight cloud looking towards Jomtien,

 but clearer skies looking inland,

the toy stall all set up and ready for business,

 this stall really stood out, 

 with these incredibly bright shirts, 

 opposite the bar this evening the stalls had been framed by the steelworks, 

 a toy stall and one selling shoes,

 the Monkey Shake stall had been moved,

 and new steelworks at the front of the market added, 

 the fruit stall up and running,

 Diana will be in there later, buying our evening meal,

 the safety barrier up top now completed,

 I walked along to the pet aisle,

 passing the pet store that is open everyday at 3.00 in the afternoon except Wednesdays, 

 work continuing,

 on the staircase at nearly the end of the aisle,

 this stall sells all manner of small mammals, mice, rats, rabbits, hamster, guinea pigs, hedgehogs, prairie dogs,

 and this week ferrets,

 many years ago I had four as pets, and great they were too,

 sunset over the market,

 I started to walk back uphill to the main road,

 and found these table lights that were new for this week,

 clear skies,

 as it started to get dark, from this week the days will be getting shorter,

 one for the road,

 then home we went for our evening meal, honey roast pork, with crispy pork skin and a roast duck,

which we rounded off with a bag of shelled walnuts, 'Cheers!',

then feet up for Sherlock and The Last Vampire, we rounded off the evening with a couple from Columbo and with that we were off to bed.