20th October 2006 - We've Arrived!

Well here we are on the Kho San road (probably spelt wrong) in Bangkok, the equivalent to Oxford St in London staying at a hostel called Buddy Lodge. We just went across the road to a bar where a guy was playing Bob Dylan, Tracy Chapman,Cat Stevens, Bob Marley (you would have loved it Nick, Ian, Al in fact all of you) I bought him a beer and felt full of love for all mankind and especially Thai people and then he finished singing having dedicated a few to us and I was going to buy him a beer and have a chat when he just cleared off! Sue said he probably saw guys like me every night and probably just wanted to get home - I felt I really wanted to get to know him. I am so naive.

We had 9 bottles of Tiger beer and two curries for ten pounds, in a few weeks that will feel a real rip but at the moment it seems so cheap for beer drink and entertainment. Sue is asleep and I am just about awake. I must take some photos tomorrow and send them on. It is so hot. it must be 80 and it is 21.39 here. This year off has been so good so far, what a fantastic September and now it seems to be carrying on in the same vein.

We just walked by a stall offering certificates and diplomas for a knockdown price including Tefl!! How can they do that, after all we went through in Prague! Still they didn't get the fun I did, it was worth it just for the squirrel.

The airport at Bangkok is brand new and all our baggage arrived including the guitar (Alasdair and Greg) I am on the lookout for some more musicians. We took a taxi from the airport to the hostel and it came to just over 4 pounds! We aim to spend a couple of days here and then go to a beach somewhere. I am going to try and live in the present and not set any plans (apparently a famous guru that my Dad told me about has spent his whole life trying to get to the point where he can take in all that is going on NOW with no regrets about the past or plans for the future, I have 7 months!).

It's so good to be here I just wish you could all be here too, but then again I wouldn't meet anyone new, so no you guys stay just where you are so when I come back and I can come and say hello.

This email is costing me a baht a minute! 4 minutes to go and I am sure I had loads more to say but the time pressure is too much.

I don't think any of the girls in Thailand is above a size 4, Sue is going to ask for the XXL and I feel about 9 feet tall, I may never come home.

2 minutes to go, will email again soon.

I miss Prague, The Triangle and the family but that will wear off, there is a good band playing outside the hotel, see you.......

(I will add photos when I can)