Bangkok, Friday, June 15, 2018

After a good flight back from Phuket, I got to my hotel after a one hour taxi ride...and another fight with a driver who thought he was getting a sucker. I made note of his license information and after calling in to get instructions as to where my hotel was, we were on our way. I told him where the hotel was, and showed him on the map, but he then played the old game of not understanding English.....which I pointed out was a condition of his license. It was a silent ride into the city.

Phuket was very nice, but with the forecast for lightning every afternoon, we did not go on the water at any time. We never got the lightning. The temperature was in low thirties every day...quite nice.
Saturday at noon, we fly to Udon Thani in the North East, then take a three hour bus trip to the village of So Phisai where my Thai family friends have the farm. I was informed today that I was to lead the team to paint six rooms in their house. It is the rainy season all over this part of Asia, but it really is hit and miss. Some will be in the rice fields planting the new rice crop, and I guess some will be painting...I agreed, on the condition that I do not pick the colours.

I will be in the north eastern area until July 1, when I return to Bangkok and begin some dental work on July 2.
We have temperatures in the low thirties here..just a couple degrees more than at Phuket, which is on the Andaman sea coast...and a bit cooler. I see that the weather back home in Ottawa has not been so great, and I also keep up with the news there, so am well up on the happenings there.

That is about the end of the news for here, under the Code of Rome Rules. For those that do not know, it means that "What happens in Rome, stays in Rome". One can have a lot of fun, and no one knows who you are...like today...we were getting on an elevator that only went up one floor to the train level....and I said, "Ten Please". You soon see that many people understand more English than they let on.

If the wi-fi is working, I will do an update from the farm in a week or so.