Floating Market, Thursday, October 15, 2009

Got to bed 11:30. Woke up twice in the night, then slept til 7:30, and got up at 8. I stretched and showered, then microwaved an egg for a sandwich and finished the bread with 4 slices of toast and jam. I finished Sumano's first book and read again about Trat and Ko Chang from the Let's Go guidebook. Crossed the road to get a liter of pineapple juice and a loaf of bread, for 52B and 32B.

Roger got up at noon and we drove out to check his Vitara, then went to the floating markets, a popular tourist attraction. It consists of shops and walkways on wood posts in a large pond, with small wooden boats giving rides and selling food. We had lunch from a little cafe. I had the Kao Cluk Ka Pi, a scoop of white rice covered with red something, surrounded by mango, cucumber, onion, peppers, egg, fried meat, probably pork, and a separate bowl of chicken broth, and a glass of iced and sweet Chrysanthemum tea. Mine cost 40B plus 20B and Roger's was 45B total. I paid for both.

We went to the northern bus station, the only one Roger knew about, to see the schedule for Trat. I was told to go to the Central Bus Station, which Roger knew nothing about. We found it at the intersection of Sukhumvit and Central Pattaya Road. It is no more than a curb side stop, with a chalked listing of the towns and times. The buses to Trad, not Trat, leave at 6am and 7:30am. No price listed. Let's Go states the cost from Trat to Pattaya is 173B. Roger thinks I should buy 2 side by side seats because the bus seats are so narrow.

Roger stopped at a store for some small electrical items, then we came back to the condo about 3. I washed a load of clothes and watched "Charlie Rose". Roger cooked chopped sausage with onions, broccoli and rice for dinner. We watched a History channel documentary about the battle of Okinawa, then 'Burn After Reading'. Going to bed about 11.