Day 27 – 29

16.07.23 – 18.07.23

One of the problems with not keeping up to date on my blog is that I lose track of the days, where I’ve been, what I’ve done! It’s then really hard to go back and remember it all! 

I was making little notes but I seem to have stopped that for some reason? 🤔

It’s been a weird few days. I’ve been feeling very tired, not sleeping great. 

I read an article about sleeping positions and apparently mine is the worst possible position! Especially for back ache! With that in mind I’ve tried to switch to a more back friendly position. This is not as easy as it seems, it involves 3 pillows! 1 for my head, 1 to go between my knees and 1 to almost wedge under my tummy to prevent my rolling on to my front! (I’ll put some pics in so you get the idea 😄) 

Needless to say my sleep hasn’t been easy, although my back didn’t ache quite so much so I guess I’ll have to persevere. 

I’m also sure the air conditioning isn’t working quite as efficiently as it should, but it’s adequate, just not freezing 🥶 

Sunday was another day of wandering, ending up again down by the 3 Kings Monument. I think I’m drawn here because it’s green and peaceful.

I was going to eat at the Inmate training Cafe but unfortunately they were full inside and I was just too hot to sit outside in the sun. 

I ended walking back towards the hotel and popped into hummus for a Falafel Sandwich, no potatoes! 

Back to the hotel, swim, read, relax! 

It’s the ‘Walking Street’ near me tonight so I thought I’d head down just for a little mooch. I ended finding branches off the main road that I hadn’t seen before, strangely enough I ended up back at the 3 Kings Monument!! 😳

Some interesting food stalls, Fried Sandwiches?? 

I stopped at a lovely little place for a drink and their wine was reasonably priced so I had a glass watching everyone and listening to resident singer. Very relaxing.

14,000 steps! 👍

A nice chilled day, only a small amount of wandering!

I managed to track down a copy of a book I’d been after, recommended by Lovely Dancing Debbie, The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Once purchased I realised that I’ve got so used to reading on my kindle where you can increase the font size, that reading this book with its very small print might be an issue 😬 I mentioned this to the book club and the wonderful Tish came to my rescue and bought and sent it to my Kindle! Thank you darling! 🙏❤️😘

Some sad, upsetting and frankly devastating news. 

The Spice Garden have discontinued their BOGOF on Mojitos!! WTF! How bloody rude. 

I’d wandered over that way around 5.30 and thought, perfect, a little Mojito in the garden, lovely! But this was not to be. 

I said Hi to the lovely bar tender, he looked worried, I sat down, the manager came over and explained that Mojitos were now 150bht, OK, that’s not ideal but I can manage that, ‘Still BOGOF?’ I enquired, No, no more BOGOF! 150bht each 😭😭 I said I thought that was really sad, he asked if I wanted one and I said, No, sorry, I’m off! 

I left feeling betrayed and somehow responsible for this change! Perhaps I’d used the offer too many times! Sad times. 

I found a little place by Thapae Gate selling Rum & Cokes, so I sat there instead. It wasn’t the same. 🙁

Kats was rammed again. Kerry I got some fab shots just for you! 

I’m going to go and drop my Book back to the lovely little secondhand bookshop this morning. 

I do this then continue to wander down the alleyways finding myself down at Warorot Market, I think I’ll head across the river and find somewhere to have an iced coffee. 

Why is it when you’re looking you can never find anything! 

I stupidly left the hotel today without any water, this is not ideal. It’s bloody boiling today, the sun is out full blast, it’s 12.30 (I know! Mad dogs etc!) and I am very hot. I end up walking back across the river and find a hotel with aircon and have a large, very cold, much needed glass of fresh orange!  I have walked back from this area to the hotel many times, but today I just can’t face it. I’m too hot and bloody knackered! I order a Grab, the best 70bht I’ve spent. 

I get straight into the pool where I stay for ages. Swimming and cooling off.

The hotel has got much busier, many more people and families. This means that at certain times the pool is packed! Luckily for me this is usually after I’ve been in for my swim! Yeah! 

I think my morning in the sun has wiped me out a little, so I hang about at the hotel, drinking lots of water have an early dinner at Kats and then try for a good nights sleep, it doesn’t happen I’m still awake around 3am! 😩 I eventually resort to sleeping on my front! 😬

Books read 15

The Charity Shop Detective Agency. Peter Boland. This was a free book from Prime Reading, it was fine. Along the lines of The Thursday Murder Club, but not as good. It did make me chuckle in a few places.

La Vie, according to Rose. Lauren Parvizi. Another free one, not so good! 

Please feel free to recommend books to me via WhatsApp or in a comment! 

BTW I love getting comments!  😍❤️