Bangkok

Well I spent the second half of last week in Bangkok, although the place is just getting into the rainy season so there was no sitting by the pool this time.

I flew in on Wednesday morning (plane over half-full), getting suprised at the checkin counter when I was informed that my Qantas card has been downgraded. Haven't been flying enough, I guess. The flight itself was uneventful. That evening I met a couple of business colleagues who are setting up a business providing call center services.

Thursday and Friday were both busy, with coffee with a business contact each morning, followed by the gym.

Friday night Sonia and I went out to a casual restaurant and watched a group of guys playing pool against some Thai girls. It was quite entertaining, as the girls were clearly quite good and were fleecing the guys (20 baht to play a game). I'm pretty sure that the guys weren't unhappy to with the attention.

Saturday involved the gym after breakfast, then out to a spa for a massage. Sonia has taken to the Thai massage - the one where they poke, prod, and bend you into all sorts of yoga-esque shapes. Then off to one of the other hotels for dinner - not bad, with a range of tapas on offer.

Then yesterday we went to the DVD/CD shop to stock up. Including all 3 High School Musicals to bring back to NZ for the sprogs to watch.

When I got back to HK last night, it was 30 degrees at 9pm. So I guess we are now hitting the higher temperatures. Does not seem so long since I was writing about how cold it was... And we are not at the hottest time of year yet.