Pattaya, Day 61 morning

It's Feb 20th. We stopped at 7/11 and visited a small market in Pattaya. I meet Yuk and his wife. I was walking around the market when I saw Yuk's snake vertebrae necklace. I told him I thought it was awesome. We connected on Line and are using a translator in our chat. His friend is a famous tattoo artist in Pattaya and I'm going to meet him when I come back to Pattaya. His wife's brother carved bone and she's going to ask him about advise for obtaining ethical bone for carving. I hope to visit with them when I return later this year.

 Before the market we spent the morning on the beach.

Pattaya, Day 60 evening

It's Feb 19th. We went to Bangsaen Breath and walked on the beach during the evening. The sand really hurt my feet and toes as we walked, due to my neuropathy. There were so many people and AEW told me this was a very slow day ... there are usually much more people! Apparently this part of the beatch is visited more by the locals and less by tourists.

 AEW had squid salad. I had pineapple, Japanese pizza, and iced cocoa, which was just chocolate milk not mixed over ice.

 I also had a baked potato with bacon, and extra cheese. It was very filling and while we ate I watched the live octopus and cuttlefish another vendor was selling. There was also a vendor selling a Thai salad topped with live baby shrimp.

 We spent the night in Pattaya at the BR Hotel & Residence (โรงแรมบีอาร์). AEW approves of the hotel room but still loves the Finland Hotel the most out of all the places we have slept.

Bangkok, Day 60 movie

It's Feb 19th. AEW and I went on a date to the movies. We saw the new "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" at the Mega Cineplex at the Mega Bangna shopping center. Look at the size of that popcorn basket. We really enjoyed the movie. AEW felt like she was out on a real date.

 AEW and I had lunch with Mint and Earn at the Wisdom International Buffet, for their  endless steak, sushi, and other wonderful food. Well the order time is limited to 90 minutes and you have to leave before 2 hours. We only took pictures of our desserts this time. It was all great food.

Bangkok, Day 59 party

 It's Feb 18th. I have to go home soon. I went to the market and bought alcohol for my farewell fried chicken from KFC and pizza from Urban Pizza party.

So I had the following drinks and double shots

• Soju - white grap
• Soju - peach
• Regency brandy of Thailand - wow, very strong
• Thai whiskey 
• Full Moon wine cooler - tastes like candy
• Soju - strawberry, nah
• Soju - purple grapes
• Leo brand beer
• Thai whiskey
• Soju - grapefruit
• Thai whiskey
• Thai whiskey
• Thai whiskey
• Soju - white grape
• Thai whiskey
• Thai whiskey
• Thai whiskey
• Thai whiskey
• Thai whiskey
• Cup of some "legal" herbal tea with mountain honey. I don't think it was legal herbal.
• Thai whiskey

 AEW gave Miethang the dog, a bath and medicine. She loved every minute of it. The other dog, jumbo, ran and hid. He wanted neither the bath or de-wormer.

 A giant venomous red centipede. 

Bangkok, Day 58

It's Feb 17th. I was supposed to go to Central Village shopping center to meet a fellow Linux user, programmer, and git enthusiast, then I was going to get lunch or dinner from Sushi Hiro again. However, my plans did not work out and I caught up with my sleep instead.

AEW and I ate at a local street food restaurant , but I'm not sure what it's called. It is Issan or Essan style which is eastern Thai food and is similar to food from Laos. AEW seems to be upset with me so I can't ask what any of these dishes are, but I think this is fried pork skin and pork soup.

This is definitely fried chicken. I had the fried pork and chicken with steamed rice and lots of hot sauce. The food was great but our dinner was very tense and stressful. I don't know if we are having issues communicating or if AEW is just upset that I'm going back to the US in a couple days ... 

Bangkok, Day 57 dinner

 It's Feb 16th. Eat and Ped invited me out for sushi and steak at Wisdom International Buffet at the Mega Bangna shopping center. For 999 baht per person (~$30), you can order whatever you want within 1 hour and 30 minutes but you have 2 hours to finish eating. Oh my, we ordered so much food.