Only get better I said!!!!!!!

Just had a power cut, no electricity no fans or aircon, no waterpump no water, no water no toilets. Its now 11.20 and we are going back to bed and not getting up until tomorrow. HOPEFULLY Sunday will be better.

A Close Encounter

Well at 7.30 this morning I came downstairs to make some tea. I went and opened the fly screen and the main door. To my horror a "F**k you" lizard jumped from the fly screen onto my arm. There I stood eyeball to eyeball with a 12" lizard. OMG what do I do, SCREAM as loud as I could. It jumped off onto the settee then onto the floor where it hid in the corner. I ran into the opposite corner where I only stopped running in circles to jump up and down a bit. Terrifiying. Dave came down and barricaded it in. All the time the lizard was screaming "F**k you". All the time I was screaming in the other corner. Dave had a broom and an empty box of red wine which he was trying to get it into the box. Success into the box and out the door. Now I know what I have to do, drink more red wine so we have another empty box. What a morning but it can only get better. Hopefully.

Bangkok

Had a day in Bangkok yesterday, we went to a Tourism exhibition. We bought 4 days 3 nights in a deluxe hotel for £100.00 on Koh Chang. Bangkok was normal ie hot sweaty and smelly, but no violence. As you can see by the pictures we came across 2 burnt out shopping malls. But we both agreed it was not really pure vandalism, but someone had had a bad burger, pizza or uncooked chicken maybe.

How I Hate Thunderstorms

But its still very hot.

NEVER ASK THE TIME IN THAILAND

You will never get the correct time over here. Apparently their days are divided up into 4. From 12 midnight to 6am is night. From 6am to 12 noon is morning. From 12 to 6pm is daytime and from 6pm to 12 midnight is evening. With me so far. So if they tell you its 2 in the evening that means its 8pm, if they say 3 in the morning that means its 9am. Well we just got our heads around this when Jonny says "don't worry too much about it because in Hua Hin (the next town to us about 20 minutes away) they tell the time completely different". So we gave up and bought ourselves watches.

What's this ugly 'sam sorn' poking its nose through the hole in our wall?

New House?

We went to look at our next house to buy in Cha-am. It needs quiet a bit doing to it but shouldn't be a problem. Right on the beach, plenty of rooms for visitors (all with bathrooms). As you can see the garden is big enough to have a swimming pool. Loads of parties. All we need to do is pursuade the King to sell it to us, as it used to be his Summer Palace.