After that, it was off to the travel agent to buy plane tickets to Vientienne. Two adults and a child, one week before departure: 16,650 baht one way. Not too bad.
The one thing Pattaya doesn't have... a large shopping mall on the east side of Second Road is currently under construction. It looks like it will be about the same size as Royal Garden Plaza on the west side of Second Road.
We met up with Willie and Kak, Rick and Da, Mike and Riza, Justin, Frank, and all the kids at the fishing park on Third Road. We ate Thai food, drank beer, and didn't catch a single fish. (I don't fish, so I just watched.)Pui has pawned Pot off on Kak and Willie this weekend. Pot is just thrilled to death to have 2 "older brothers" to hang around with, and Gong and Birt are sensational boys and Kak is a no-nonsense mother hen who keeps all three of the boys in line... or all four of the boys, if you include Willie.
On the way home, I stopped at Foodland and bought a bunch of broccoli for Christmas Eve dinner, and some nacho cheese sauce for myself along with a bag of doritos. Then, I proceeded to go home and promptly eat the entire jar of cheese sauce. That, coupled with a bottle of beer put me straight to sleep.
In the evening, I woke up in time for dinner at Fuji with Bob, Willie, Rick, and accompanying females and children. Then shopping upstairs at Big C for clothes for Pot, then back to Rick's bar where we met up with Justin and Rat, Mike and Riza, and had a beer before coming home.
By the way: It's a common statement of fact that Thai people don't talk much about the weather. Try putting a Thai girl on the back of a motorcycle in 68ยบ weather, and you'll hear about nothing but the weather the entire friggin' way home.
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