Hair cut

I went today for a haircut in Hua Hin. Its ok but I think it would have been a lot better if the gay hairdresser had concentrated on me rather than Dave.

Nightmare on Ratchpree 2

Last night Dave took the second cat to the vet. Got her in the box and into the surgery. So far so good. This morning at 8am he went to pick her up, so he thought. The cat went berserk and escaped into the pet shop. (half is a petshop half is the vet). She managed to get into a small hole and hide for two hours. Dave then came back for the mother cat and took her up to see if her meowing would entice the kitten out. No way. The vet then in his wisdom put the mother cat into the hole. Now both cats are hiding in there and have been for the last 4 hours. Success a phone call to say he had got them out. Dave said the shop is a mess and partly dismantled. So we now have on very sedated kitten and a distraught mother. Hey ho only another 2 to go.

Dont fancy that

This has got to be the best menu entry yet.

Eurovision

Last night or should I say this morning Dave put the alarm on for 2am. It was Eurovision and he was not going to miss it. Even though we could only get it on the radio. Listened to 2 hours of wailing from the rest of Europe (not including Blue). At 4am when they had finished we went downstairs to make tea and a ham, cheese and Branston pickle sandwich. We then went back to the votes. Shouldn't have bothered, we knew the outcome. Well done Europe, as predictable as ever. The best part of the 3 hours? Of course the tea and sandwich.

Cats

Today we took one of the street cats to the vet. Dave made a cat basket out of an old box some string some wire and an old bbq grill. (Blue Peter eat your heart out). Strapped to the bike basket off he went. We have had the mother 'done', no more kittens from her. Only another 3 to go. One a week I think. Bargain price of £10 per cat. Cheaper than dozens of kittens I think.

Plants

We've had a bit of a spend-up today to make our little garden a bit more colourful. We bought a huge Peace Lily, two very large ceramic pots and two large bags of compost. The man told us he could deliver. He did, all on a moped. Not bad eh.

HOT

It was 35 degs in Hua Hin today and if one more Thai boy says to me "its so hot Jan I'm melting", I will do one of them a serious injury. Hope you will visit me in prison.

The Bank

We have just had a call from our bank here in Thailand. Dave today cashed up $500 worth of travellers cheques. "Could he please go into the bank on Monday to SIGN them". Ha Ha NO NO NO

Finally

Well success at last. After a few more bum numbing hours he finally got his two new driving licences, at the mere cost of another £20.00.

New driving licences

Yesterdy we tried to get Daves driving licences renewed for the next 5 years. We rode to Petchaburi (about 30 minutes) thinking it was going to be easy, just return he temporary ones and get them replaced with permanent ones. HA. We were told we had to get forms from the immigration office in Hua Hin, about an hours ride from where we were. Off we go (bums going numb now). Arrived there to be told it would cost about £12.00 BUT he also needed a medical examination and letter to say he was fit to drive. Ok paid the money rode back to Cha-am, another 30 minutes of bum numbing agony. We then went to a doctors surgery and of course couldnt get past the receptionist. But success for a price she gave him a letter certifying him fit to drive, no medical nothing. Today is a national holiday (about the 4th this month) so tomorrow we will ride to Petchaburi again (bums permitting). What I would like to know is how 7 year olds get a driving licence for a motorbike, some of them cant see over the handlebars?