Arriving to Palangga Charmaines!

  Songkhla, Thailand
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

After arriving at the Airport, we checked my luggage and boarded the plane for a short hour :15 flight to Songkhla. The flight was a bit 'bumpy' and Air Asia

Air Asia

has it stewardesses hawking promotional tee shirts and baseball caps on the flight...times must be tough for everyone....Well the new adventure was about to begin as i waited for my luggage at baggae claim...it wasn't there....yes the travelers nightmare.....well a few phone calls and a talk with Air Asia people...they found it waiting for the next flight in 3.5 hours....Well..since it was a :45 min trip to Charmaines...we decided to have lunch and wait.  I did rememeber travel rule 101....no ice or water....Charmaine and I had fried rice and  Chicken with cashew nuts aloing with Coke's newest marketing  (sometimes Thailand is their test market') Coke Light (diet coke and coke zero combined?)

Charmaine and my coke lite

Lunch was good and a couple of Charmaines friends

Charmaines Friends

came out to meet "AMboy" Gigi and Maui, some of Charmaine's collegues at the school. ] My lugggage finally arrived....but with 'rips' in the canvas of my travel bag...nothing to serious...cheap bag I I guess but it was a bit disapointing as my luggage had made it this far fine. Air Asia compensated my claim and gave me 200 Baht...about $6 USD. but as nothing was lost...oh well I'll just fix it later...
We took a tuk-tuk

on the tuk-tuk

to drop off Charmaines friends then a short walk to get a taxi. A taxi ride to Songkhla was another adventure...more people dart in and out of traffic..

Taxi Driver

.and a common site is business women (almost wrote 'professional woman' but that has a whole nother meaning over here....) on scooters in High heels.....(Debbie Shaw would be so proud....)
After arriving at Charmaines home...a nice 3 bedroom home with a seperate guest house I got situated and Charmaine 'insisted' I take a nap while she prepared supper. Well I awoke to  a violyn being played by Kokoy, Charmaines friend and a roomful of guest including Jove, and Mae Charmaines room mates, Delia Charmaines sister and Analy and  Joana ....a nice supper with guest ! We had fish, rice a casserole and a vegstable dish all served traditionally (fish came with it's heads stil on....) It was wonderful!...Charmaine is a fantastic cook...ah...Good looking and a good cook. Mother I found a keeper. :)

Finally togeher!