Sorry its taken so long but at lot going on here at the moment….Day 1

The time in between booking and actually leaving seemed to drag - I could not explain why I just had to be back in Thailand - I had not felt like this about any other country I had ever visited - and I was like a kiddie in a sweet shop the night before - believe it or not I had been packed for two weeks - heather had packed about 6 times

So oft we went tea timeish flight over to Heathrow then a 2130 Thai airways to BKK both flights went without a hitch - we arrived in BKK at 1530 the next day - but the queue for visas was horrific so after that and bags it was almost 5pm before we braved the gauntlet of “want a taxi” - which this time of course we bypassed and headed for the taxi meter rank paid our 50bt and took the ticket - this time it heather of course looking out the window of the cab and pointing “what’s that” “where are we now” “look at that” she was getting the same feeling I did on first impression - I was hoping that the next 24/48 hours would see her come around - we were in the Mandarin by 6pm checked in a booked a table for a meal an hour later - this time my wife was with me so I was forced to unpack - I gave her the guided tour of the hotel - and we sat down in the almost empty restaurant - with a Thai on stage doing karaoke - we looked at the menu and I wanted deep fried salted beef but was hungry after flight so was trying to pick something else - heather also was having probs deciding what she would like so we ended up ordering 6 different items - but as none were more than 100 baht still a good price for a meal in a hotel - washed down with a few singhas we picked our way through most of it - we made an appointment with the tailor for my wife for the next day and left to go to Patpong for a couple of hours we did the market and this time it was heather who could not believe the prices etc - but was shocked when I said you can get that cheaper here or there - also heather is not that good at the bartering so left to me - I told her to use the evening as a spotter exercise and mentally list what she was looking for -we stopped in Cosmos bar for a drink where the bar girls asked did we have a sons and if so could they marry them - Heather was so intrigued by lady boy street that she just had to have a small stroll down it - we got a tuktuk back to the hotel heathers first and she was laughing all the way back a good sign me thinks - back to the hotel and a few nightcaps listening to the thai karaoke and the Thais congratulating themselves and each other on their efforts - have you ever notice they cheat on karaoke when a thai gets up the words are also played along with the music when one of us gets up all of a sudden there are only printed words and music - anyway we fell into bed exhausted at about 0030am and asked for a call at 0830 for an early start the next day - I had a felling that heather was beginning to enjoy this and that she was falling for the place already ………