Pouring with rain and I book in for another night. Head up to a cafe called the Wild Boar for lunch. Not an inspiring menu and settle for chicken club sandwiches with deathtraps laid for the unwary, little toothpicks embedded inside. Snatch, the Guy Ritchie film plays in the background. A memory floods back. Restaurants used to play pirate films all over Thailand. I remember watching an early copy of Men in Black wondering if the film was intentionally that b...

Very noisy hotel. My room has a connecting door to the room next door. Very little sound contained. There seems to be several Thais living next door enjoying the wonderous Thai television till well into the night. There is a bright light in the street, or maybe I'm about to be abducted? I book my flight to Singapore. A lazy morning catching up on notes and looking into Central and South America. Mo has been trying to sort out flights to China. We walk up t...

I crashed at Mo's hotel. A bit of luxury and saved me hunting for a place yesterday (LT). I find a little guest house tucked up a street not too far from her hotel. I really want to try some of the local food here "blue chair" venues as Mo nicknames them. Essentially where the locals eat. The place we find is not far and has just 3 items on the menu. I get pork and noodles. Nothing remarkable unfortunately. We head to the Saturday market. Simila...

I have a few hours to kill before my bus arrives. I find a little shop selling bangles. Mo wanted one as a souvenir and forgot to get one. I head back to the Hotel des Artist for breakfast. An Australian lady is moaning at the busy waitress. She had ordered a coffee with no sugar but got given sweetened milk because thats what the restaurant uses. The lady is explaining how it should be served. I smile at the waitress and I say the pleasantries in Th...

Get up late and go for breakfast down the road at the Hotel des Artists. A breeze blowing taking the bite out of the late morning sun. The cafe is on an intersection. Up the road to our hotel. Straight on to a few small cafes and restaurants, where we ate the first day and down the road to the sunset bar. We head back to the hostel and sit with a beer. Head up to the bus station with Mo and see her off. I grab some supplies, book my bus journey back to Chian...