Just logged on in the noisiest internet cafe we’ve ever found - it is also popular for those playing network games and apparently nobody here has ever heard of headphones or a volume setting below “ear bleedingly loud”.

Spent today shopping for clothes at the Chatachuk weekend market and having a blast spending little money. Bought a couple of T-shirts for $2 a piece, and some other shirts for winter at $10 each. Doing a bit of an overhaul of the wardrobe here, that’s for sure. The only problem is conveying the fact that I need something larger than the average customer.

I tried on one shirt at a stall which was an XL size but I found that my arms stuck miles out the ends of the sleeves. The guy who owned the stall just about fell over laughing at the sight of this gigantic fellow who put on an extra large shirt and had no chance of fitting it.

On the other hand, with the crowds at the market, I was fine since I was so far above everyone’s heads that I was able to see both sides of the alley at all times, and then choose what I wanted to shop for.

Picked up our suits this morning and damn, I look good. Oh, so does Di, of course, but that’s enough about her. I mean, damn, I look GOOD…*chuckle* In fact, were the evil Destiny’s Child to write a song about me, it would have to be “Suit-A-Licious”…

Went out to Samphran Elephant Grounds and Zoo yesterday and found a couple of baby elephants that were just adorably cute. Born on the 10th and 19th September 2001, they were just tiny little elephants that made you think “hey, we should get one”. Unfortunately, we could not think of a good way to get the little ones onto the bus back to town, so we had to leave them behind.

Also saw crocodile wrestlers (aka “bloody idiots”). Two guys stuck their arms and heads inside crocodile mouths, wrestled them, lay on the crocodile backs, kissed them (yes, kissed them!) and generally did all manner of stupid things. Armed with a stick. We reckon Steve Irwin would be eaten in a second compared to these guys tackling bloody big crocs armed with only a foot long length of bamboo!

Saw elephants stand on their heads, and dance and play soccer and do all manner of things that tourists love and probably elephants should not be doing, but that’s life in Thailand.

PS: No, I mean I look REALLY good…*grin*

Categories: Travel, Odyssey 2001