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Day 2 at the Plant
Up early again - bus is coming at 6am. So again a quick breakfast before the drive. Working from a different area in the plant. Today we are in a "container" office outside the Body Shop and they have just told us that the office is being moved on Saturday to somewhere else in the plant so I guess we will be working from a different area again next week.
Lunch ...
Island Life
... the box to some Chinese card game. We were playing pretty high stakes too. At times it got up to twenty quid a game. It was the first real gambling I had done since I had been in Thailand and it felt pretty cool. We ended up about even too at the end.
The day came when it was time to leave so I could get to Kanchanaburi in time to meet up with May and friends again for the trip to the wedding. With the Chinese finding public displays of affection insulting there was ...
Escape to dog island!
... that we'd even responded so i ignored em for the rest of the game and at the end...Barca were so good...I stood up and clapped. They'd made us look really ordinary yet again. Xavi and Iniesta are from another planet...and thats before Messi and Villa get on the ball! Before the game i was wishing i was back at home just because i couldn't handle the idea of us winning and me not at least being in town. After that result though, the otherside of the world was the best place for me. ...
Laying Low in a Bungalow
... quite well, and developed a regiment to live there sustainable and cheaply, staying under $20 a day including food, water, and shelter. Each resort on the island had its own beach bar, and even though I resisted, in search of solitude and focus, I was often pulled back into the late night mix - usually getting no fulfillment from it, only a late start the next day, meaning I had to wake up groggy during the hot afternoon, to do more of nothing. In contrast, the Thai family I met on ...
The Ocean.... Finally!
... to warm bath temperature.
We caught a fire show the first night we were here, that eventually ended with everyone limboing under a burning stick and then jumping through a burning hoop!
Other than that we have just been relaxing on the beach!
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