A rude awakening

Well as roughly promised I did try the booze in a bit more detail yesterday although for various reasons it didn't involve a trip to town for whiskey drinking but a trip to one of the local shops to buy a bottle of "rum" which tasted like whiskey and cheap whiskey at that. Enjoyed it with, and after, another ludicrously tasty dinner from a place nearby, take away style. Packaged in plastic bags, sauces and all, which was a first for me. Sat up till 4.30am drinking the rum with Kriang (who then called in work this morning to let them know he wouldn't be in until this afternoon! Feeling slightly guilty about that.) And the awakening was from the gardener and his friend, the cleaner, who's very nice and has just cheerfully but unsuccessfully tried to tell me something to do with a T-shirt, but again my Thai is limited to saying "sorry I can't speak Thai" which is both ironic and completely useless in most circumstances. Something to work on I suppose. They were stood on the balcony, as the gardener watered the plants, talking loudly right outside my window first thing this morning. Still, nothing a shower and tea couldn't fix. Off to Phattumthani this afternoon, the province where Kriang works, just to the north of Bangkok. I'll take the camera and see what I can do with it. Bye for now.