Larry's Travels
January 3
While in Pattaya we beached, beached, and beached. The weather here is superb. Sunny, dry and warm! We have only to walk out the front of the hotel and we are on the beach. We were out late last night so slept in until 10 am and watched the guys in a trash truck try to get it out of the sand. They had attempted to turn around in this small frontage road and got the front wheels stuck in the sand. The truck was very heavy and it was very amusing watching a whole group of experts trying to get a consensus of how to get it loose. We finally gave up watching and took showers and had breakfast and by the time we walked out they had gotten it out. Very funny watching a group trying to figure things.
The beach here is very narrow because most of it is taken up by a ceiling of umbrellas. They take them down every night and put them up every morning. Very hard work for the boys but they couldn’t be nicer. They run up and down the little alleys of chairs fetching water, beer, food, and anything else you want. Once you pick out your chairs, they put a beach towel on the seat, put a small table in front of your seats and then anything you want. The water has been a bit cool so I only swam once. Met the nicest, amusing man named Kevin from New Zealand. He has been here for three months and is going back home in about a week. He has a great personality and sense of humor. His travels have been fascinating and all over the world. Spent three years in Bangkok, spent some time in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and China. Very fascinating to chat and bitch about the same things we bitch about in America. He is quite an historian and I would guess him to be about 60-65. He lives alone and plans next year to spend six months here and six months in New Zealand. He owns about 100 orange trees on a large piece of property and that keeps him busy for the warm months and then comes here for the cold ones. Really a nice plan.
Other than that, not much news to report. We leave for Bangkok (about a 1-1/2 hour drive) tomorrow at noon and will be back to Sathorn Place, our home away from home. Plan on going back to the computer store and making some purchases, MBK (the large department store), visit a chicken farm (no bird flu) for
Aek and visit his father and sister here in Bangkok. My photoshoots have pretty much fallen through so we will have a full 6 days of wind-down. I leave on January 10th at about 11 am.
Allen called me this am from Cambodia and says he doesn’t feel well and may fly home with me on the 10th. That would be wonderful and I will call him tomorrow am and see if he still is interested in coming home early. Will keep you posted.
January 3
While in Pattaya we beached, beached, and beached. The weather here is superb. Sunny, dry and warm! We have only to walk out the front of the hotel and we are on the beach. We were out late last night so slept in until 10 am and watched the guys in a trash truck try to get it out of the sand. They had attempted to turn around in this small frontage road and got the front wheels stuck in the sand. The truck was very heavy and it was very amusing watching a whole group of experts trying to get a consensus of how to get it loose. We finally gave up watching and took showers and had breakfast and by the time we walked out they had gotten it out. Very funny watching a group trying to figure things.
The beach here is very narrow because most of it is taken up by a ceiling of umbrellas. They take them down every night and put them up every morning. Very hard work for the boys but they couldn’t be nicer. They run up and down the little alleys of chairs fetching water, beer, food, and anything else you want. Once you pick out your chairs, they put a beach towel on the seat, put a small table in front of your seats and then anything you want. The water has been a bit cool so I only swam once. Met the nicest, amusing man named Kevin from New Zealand. He has been here for three months and is going back home in about a week. He has a great personality and sense of humor. His travels have been fascinating and all over the world. Spent three years in Bangkok, spent some time in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and China. Very fascinating to chat and bitch about the same things we bitch about in America. He is quite an historian and I would guess him to be about 60-65. He lives alone and plans next year to spend six months here and six months in New Zealand. He owns about 100 orange trees on a large piece of property and that keeps him busy for the warm months and then comes here for the cold ones. Really a nice plan.
Other than that, not much news to report. We leave for Bangkok (about a 1-1/2 hour drive) tomorrow at noon and will be back to Sathorn Place, our home away from home. Plan on going back to the computer store and making some purchases, MBK (the large department store), visit a chicken farm (no bird flu) for
Aek and visit his father and sister here in Bangkok. My photoshoots have pretty much fallen through so we will have a full 6 days of wind-down. I leave on January 10th at about 11 am.
Allen called me this am from Cambodia and says he doesn’t feel well and may fly home with me on the 10th. That would be wonderful and I will call him tomorrow am and see if he still is interested in coming home early. Will keep you posted.
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