A man walks into a bar and orders a starberry shake.. This is not a joke. Well actually it is a joke but not in a funny haha way. A strawberry shake?? To put it in context I was sitting with a beer and a curry (actually if Im being honest, I was onto my second naan as well. All the tailors here are Indian so they open up restaurants too. Best naan ever actually). He looked at what I was having just as I was staring at the strawberry shake (with fancy straw), I hope the look I gave him had a subtext of 'you p**** . I want to know what is going on. Ive met various guys recently with similar issues. Freaks out because theres a dog under the table and it might be RABID (!?), I actually saw a guy get up and move away from where he was sitting today because there was a mosquito and it might BITE him, ditto a guy stands up because there is an ANT on the wall and a guy who wont sit on the grass because (and I quote) 'there might be creepy crawlies'. Boys also seem to be much keener on the 'Ill just nip back for a shower and to put some different clothes on'. Personally I kinda feel whats the point cos you'll just be sweating in the new clothes 10 minutes later but maybe thats revealing too much.. Id also like to lodge a complaint about the number of couples travelling at the moment. Theyre unfailingly very nice to talk to but theyre taking up two seats on the bus that could have available, non-petrified-of-wildlife guys sitting on them, if indeed such a thing exists (Im not seeing much evidence). Oh yeah just to add to the macho look I was also getting quite into a Thai boxing fight that was on the telly. When I used to box in Hackney I was always rubbish (very rubbish) at punching but pretty good on the kicks so I like watching the Thai boxing a lot; they give eachother a good kicking. I was getting quite involved watching that game, it may even have to stand in for rugby over the next couple of months, Ill try to go and see some live somewhere, see some blood ;)

I think Im feeling a bit hyper because Ive finally recovered from the two day hangover that followed my first night out on the Khosan Road. We got kicked out of the ping pong show we saw in Patpong because we wouldnt pay the 3,600 baht bill they bought us (our drinks had come to 300), took possibly the MOST manic tuk-tuk in Bangkok, and drank (of course) the infamous whisky buckets at bars randomly set up in the street. The touts hold up some excellent advertisment signs; 'VERY strong cocktails, we dont check your ID or your body". Which brings to me onto my final observation of the day. At least twice now in broad daylight, Ive seen a white guy out and about with a lady who is clearly a man. Do they not know?? Do they know but they love them anyway, as 'Tina's'getting her op any day now? Or is it a small price to pay for all the kinky stuff she'll get up to. I don't know. Its very wierd.