Sunday 31 July 2011

We Spent An Unsuccessful Few Hours Driving Around Pattaya,

looking for somewhere to have cushion covers made, every time we tried a curtain shop or upholsterers the answer was no and we were redirected to some where else, so home we went, I then had the idea to call that nice chap David from East Coast Real Estates who directed us to this place on Thapprasite Road, the lady there was more than helpful, the selection of material huge, they should be ready next Tuesday, as we were in the area we decided to call in and see the newly married Don, Diana loved the car,
there was also a new Honda Scoopy in the drive, there are now so many automatic scooters to chose from out here, the Honda Scoopys range from 43-45,000 baht depending on the model,
the fish looked fine,
after a couple of Don's freshly made coffees we were on our way home,
I had arranged to meet Juu for a few drinks this evening, we had missed a few Saturday evenings out due the sale of alcohol being banned because of religious and voting dates failing on the weekends, the street by the side of Marine Plaza was almost deserted,
as was the side road that runs parallel to Second Road,
Walking Street was also quiet, the crowd of people in the distance are watching one of the street magicians,
first stop for me was to meet Juu in Champions, we stayed there for a couple of drinks then we hit the street,
we did not make it to Goodfellas, but at least there were a few more people about, we then went up Soi Diamond to Spicy Girls, next a couple in The Sea,
before making our way along the street again, the view towards Bali Hai pier,
and looking towards Beach Road,
we then decided to call in and say hi to Grieg, so a walk past the Buddha tree,
and in to Rozy, where Grieg made us feel more than welcome, a few in there and back to Champions to round off the evening, a very pleasant evening out,
at home feet up for a film based on actual events, Khartoum, after an Egyptian army, commanded by British officers, is destroyed in a battle in the Sudan in the 1880's, the British government is in a quandary, it does not want to commit a British military force to a foreign war but they have a commitment to protect the Egyptians in Khartoum, so the British government sends in General Charles "Chinese" Gordon, a much underrated film both then when it was released and now, at over two hours long it was getting late so for us it was off to bed.

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