Market Day
The jet-lag kicked in this morning at about 3am. I couldn’t actually tell exactly what time it was because although my new fancy-pants Rolex’s numeral whatsits glow in the dark, the hands don’t, so all I can tell is where my watch is, not the time…
Hooray! Booked flight to and accommodation on Ko Samui and Ko Pha-Ngan. Yes, I know some of you will say that I’m over-organising, but the Full Moon Party is on the 7th,and I’m not quite ready to sleep on the beach just quite yet…
After that little victory of the day I went to the Chatuchak Market on a bus that helpfully doubled as stunt practise for anyone trying to get off. The market was a bit pants really – not sure why anyone would want to buy 20kgs of paper flowers – but the bonus came as I was leaving and passed a guy getting his ear pierced on the pavement on the side of the road with what looked like a hammer and nail. Cool…
Back in the hood I had a couple of beers and did some brilliant drawings. The beer must be pretty strong out here because I’ve just had a another look at them and they’re pretty awful. However it did keep me going long enough to catch the boat down to Chinatown (more stinky fish and paper flowers) for a quick bite to eat for dinner. It all looked a bit overwhelming to me, so chicken that I am, I found a lovely “restaurant” nearby, IN a road that did the most amazingly flavoured Tom Yum soup, and earned the name Sou-Efrika Alli from Hoy, the owner.
Ok, done. Beach tomorrow!
Paper Flowers @ Chatuchak MarketPlastic Fruit @ Chatuchak MarketPlaying in Mae Nam Chao PhrayaDinner in Soi Samsen 2
