We are sitting in the executive lounge of the Hilton, having just checked out. I have a free orange Fanta and am just finishing off the blog before we head to lunch and then to the airport to catch our flight in the evening back to Auckland. We get home at about 4:30 on Sunday afternoon before starting work the following morning.
We are very lucky to be leaving today, as there are local body elections on today and the Hilton will not be serving any alcohol – paid for or otherwise – to anybody from 6pm until midnight on Sunday night.
We lay by the pool this morning – it’s called The Beach – outdoors on the fourth floor, so that was a nice little interlude before we checked out. Japanese sunbathing is interesting – don bikini, put clothes on over top, lie on sun lounger covered from head to toe in a towel – cool.
We’ve had a great time in the places we’ve visited and they’ve all been excellent in their own way. Bangkok is amazing from 31 stories up, particularly at night, but one burst of heavy traffic is enough to tell you that living here would be a totally different story. The city has grown from the 6m people when we last visited to 16m much wealthier people now and although it’s a cleaner city now, living here would still be pretty tough compared to our cosy existence in Wellington. Even the beautiful red and white ribbon that you see draped across the city at night is just the headlights and tail lights of the endless lines of cars coming into and going out of the city.
I’ve been experimenting with the editing functions of the photo software this time, so I’ve been cropping and enhancing, straightening, brightening or darkening photos to improve their visual impact. Although it all takes time, it is a fun way to spend time.
Anyway, hope you’ve enjoyed it, we certainly have.
Cheers,
David and Anne.
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