OK, one of them isn’t really a city. I’ve finally left Wichian Buri and am back in Bangkok. Shortly will be leaving the office and later tonight ,flying home.
I left WB at 4:40 after a nearly full day in the office. The operators are starting to put indata and things seemed to be up and running. Still have documentation and reports to finish off once I’m back home.
The contrast between my room up there and the one in the Sofitel Centara is quite dramatic, but then so is the cost. 600 B per night there (about $20) and 5400 B here.
Here is the bathroom in WB. It was built at a time before the Thais got the intellectual rights to those most technical of western inventions – the toilet roll holder and the shower curtain. The pressure problem did get fixed some days ago so I have been able to shower. I then dry myself about 90% with one towel. I then drop this on the floor and wipe the floor so that there is a dry space near the bowl and WC. I use the second towel to finish off.
I also finally got the laptop set up in the room comfortable.
We made good time down over the first 150km before hitting the traffic merging from Lop Buri. Once we creasted the Mountains we were ubder an ominous black clous that stretch for perhaps 100km. There were periods of very string winds but surprisingly rain was not continuous and not always heavy.
We eventually hit the elevated tollway after about 2 ½ hours and then had a good run again til we exited from it. I then realised we were in Sukumvit, which is where I stayed on my first weekend and not near the office. Much apologies on both our parts. We headed back to the freeway through the traffic and eventually I checked in around 8pm.
I was happy to give a big tip to Pairot who had been driving me for most of the month and giving me ad hoc Thai lessons as well.
My room here was a Deluxe on the top floor. I was taken to the end of the corridor which I think means I have a slightly bigger than normal room. It has a kingsize bed and I’m happy to say for the first time in weeks I haven’t had back pain as soon as I lie down. A hostess arrived with a drink a few minutes later. And there was a fruit tray waiting for me.
I shortly headed out. There is a mall a few hundred metres from the hotel and there are street stalls and lesser shopping arcades surrounding it. I had some salad (10B) a some BBQ chicken omn a stick (7B) and a drink (14) – about $1 all up for dinner. I wondered around a bit more but didn’t buy anything else. When I got back to the hotel I was able to get a softdrink from the lounge. Once again I'd missed happy hour by getting in too late. I suspect It will be too early tonight when I have to check out.
I watched some British comedies on BBC Entertainment and a bit of the golf before going to sleep.
This morning I did a bit of work from 5 to 7 then had a swim. They provide you with a robe and slippers in the room and towels at the pool. The pool is set in gardens with an ornamental pool running around the outside of them and an outdoor restaurant and a bar, that look more like a temple.
I then had a long shower followed bybreakfast in the club lounge on my floor. I got to the office around 9-30 after a short walk from the hotel. There are about 6 ex-pats in today. I fixed a few other things I had thought of to make the program faster and posted the update on the FTP site, then burnt a CD of the source code to leave here.
It’s now 1pm so I’ll post this and head to the hotel. My check out is a 4pm so I’ll have lunch and a bit of a wander before I go tonight.
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