My first day of holiday started quite gently. I was feeling a bit tired after the night before so rested in bed for a while planning my week before getting up. I rented my bike (got the same one I had before which was nice) and headed off to the hospital to get my passport.
Turns out my insurance company isn't responding to the hospital so they still need payment. I will try and call them this evening and find out what the problem is. If they don't get the payment through by sunday I'm going to have to pay out 12000Baht (about 200 pounds) to settle my bill and get my passport back. I'd then have to claim it back later (which could be fun). Anyway we'll see what they say today.
I took the bike for a spin out to Wat Jed Yod, which is quite a Large temple complex with several old Chedi and a nice big temple. I had a nice quiet meditiation there and I was the only westerner there and enjoyed a walk around taking photos. The sun was quite hot today so I stuck to the shade. I headed off to get a drink in the nearby shopping area. Again Wawee coffee was there and I had a nice tea and some cookies :-) The shops around there were lovely and a bit more stylish than some of the market stuff. I could some nice comfortable sandels (mine have no cushioning and my feet have been suffering a bit) for 100B and picked up some gifts for people back home (hope you like them :-) ).
I had brought far too much stuff with me so decided to shoot home and drop some stuff off. Once there I fancied a juice and sandwich so headed to Juicy4u again. Once again it was lovely and afterward I felt like resting some more so went for a herbal steam. It took a while to understand how it worked but once I got in there it was really quite nice. The steam was really quite strong and I felt really cleansed afterwards. They give you a scrub to apply as well which was quite strange but nice and after a shower I headed back home for a sleep. I was feeling a bit short of salt so grabbed some crisps and picked up something from the chemist around the corner.
I spoke to my insurance people and they just received the fax (or just looked for it) and they seem happy that everything should go through ok. If there are any problems they will me know but hopefully I will be able to get my passport back tomorrow or wednesday which will be nice. Anyway I'm still feeling a bit sleepy but don't really want to go to bed yet. I might take a spin over to Blue Dimond and get some bananas in coconut milk which is lush :-) Either way it's going to be an early night for me. More thumbnails ...
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