Wednesday, March 20, 2013

First day in Bangkok - Sunday March 10th, 2013


Checking into the hotel was relatively painless.

I decided to walk up to the street market for dinner. It’s only two blocks away and the variety of food is fantastic. I picked up some Thailand oranges, noodles, rice and prawns. Big, fat, giant, juicy delicious prawns cooked over a grill. This was the best meal I’ve eaten since coming to Thailand.

One of the great things about this hotel is the TV. There are three or four movie channels in this hotel and American news. I love it. The first movie I was able to sit and watched was Bourne Identity. What a treat.

I decided to not pay for Internet. I’m going without my connection to the world wide web for a few days. It will do me good. I will write my journal on word documents and post when I get access to the web. Earnest Hemingway did all his writing with a pencil and legal pad.

I’m pooped. It’s been a long day on very little sleep. My belly is full and I’ve had a couple of beers. It was Heineken Sunday and a good Heineken Sunday it was.

The fitness center closes at 9pm so I popped in to have a quick sauna, Jacuzzi and steam. It was a nice end to the day.. Tomorrow I will sit upon the bike and get a good workout.

The traffic lights here give a countdown as to when they will be changing from green to red and back again. There is also a countdown

I bought a kilo of oranges today at the outdoor market and got burned. They are old. Old dried out oranges. The lesson from this is to taste one before I buy from now on. I think this is why the  orange salesman at the organic market in Chiang Mai will cut on orange open and allow people to sample and taste. If you are not confident in your product you will not give out free samples.

I noticed a sign today while in the sauna, it referred to the Jacuzzi use:

No swimsuits, no cream or compost in Jacuzzi. I can only interpret the "cream" reference to mean, no jerking off. It's disturbing to read something like that, not to mention no shitting in the jacuzzi. Only in Thailand

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