Back in Pattaya with the FLU

We took a Tuk-Tuk to the Airport and flew on Air Asia to Bangkok. When we arrived at the Bangkok airport we called the taxi driver, Su-chai. We had used his taxi service in the past.

By the time we got our bags and walked to the upper deck Su-chai pulled up to pick us up. It was great timing.

We spent the next hour and a half relaxing on the way to Pattaya. Pattaya and the Jomtien Beach area is some of the nicest beach area in Thailand. Because of this, many long-term expatriate live here, also.

We checked into a very old hotel, named "Honey Lodge" at the end of Beach Road where it meets Walking Street. It is old and very inexpensive even though it has a fresh water pool that they keep clean and sparkly.

We also like it because it is in the middle of everything and easy to get anyplace in the Pattaya area for 10 TB on a Baht Bus.

We stopped to ring the bells with the school kids at the Temple just north our our hotel.

As the day went on Daeng and I both felt tired, bodies started hurting, we have runny noses and a slight fever. We turned in and stayed in bed for the few days.

The only reason we got up was to use rest room and have something to eat. We took turns going out to get food and eat in room. We figured we need to eat well in order to recover even if the food does not taste good while we are sick.

And chicken soup is always a good thing. This is one of our favorites, chicken soup cooked in big copper pans.

I like the "kabab" sandwiches that the guy on the corner makes, too. As you walk by he always says: "Hello Kabab". He told us he hoped we feel better, too.

We also like the food at this local place a little ways up the road on the right hand side of the street across from the Temple.

It is a local place so the prices are really low. As you can see Daeng in the background, we have been careful not to get to close to anyone so they don't get sick, too.

Then the air conditioning in our room stopped working so we did go through the process of moving into the room next door. That was all about all we could manage.

We don't know if it is the H1N1 or just the regular Flu but it kicked our butts for the last couple of days. We think it is just the regular old FLU as it only lasted a few days.

We will be sure and get the H1N1 shots next week when we get to California.