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September 27th - We made it. First plane leg was way tooooo long, 12 hours and 59 minutes. We slept a little and watched a bunch of movies like X-Men: Apocalypse, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Money Monster, Tarzan and Demolition.
We just made the connection for the plane from Taipei to
Bangkok as we only had about 50 minutes to do it.
That leg was only 3 hours and 5 minutes. We had a meal,
China Airlines has okay food. We also watched the movie Angry Birds. It was a
cool animated movie.
We breezed through Immigrations, picked up our bags and
walked through the " Nothing to Declare" line at customs.
Daeng and I kissed, said: "See you tomorrow." She
took a taxi to see her brother in the Bangkok Hilton.
Jon, our trusted driver, took me and all the bags to
Pattaya, 2 hours south of Bangkok.
It's going to be a shower and bed for me. It was a good
trip.
September 28th - I slept from 2 PM yesterday
until 8 AM this morning. 
I shower, rented a motorbike for the week, had a
massage with Thai (That is her name, Thai, so it's a real Thai massage.), had
breakfast and went shopping for distilled water for my CPAP machine and cookies.
Daeng called from Bangkok and said she saw her brother and
may come to Pattaya later today. 
I think I'm doing to take a nap and maybe visit some friends
later today.
September 29th - Daeng made it from Bangkok last
night.
We got up this morning at 6:00 and had breakfast at our
favorite neighborhood eating spot.
Maybe we can say goodbye to jet-lag.
After breakfast I went to a meeting with some English
friends in Pattaya.
Then I drove over the hill to Jomtien Beach, meet with some
more friends, checked out the beach and a hotel that Jon, our driver told us
about.
It is nice for 900 THB (about $26 USD) a night.
On the way back to the room I had some comfort food at McDonald's.
It's time for a nap.
September 30th - At 8:00 AM, I'm starting my day
with a western breakfast.
I am going to meet with friends in 3 meetings today. With a
massage and a nap, it will be a full day.
It's Friday, with big sales, so Daeng is going shopping.
October 1st - Revelation, I forgot my phone in the charger
at our room last night when I went to a meeting in Jomtien Beach and DID NOT
MISS IT!
We bought the plane tickets home on Bangkok Airways this
morning.
We travel north on October 6th at 7:35 AM.
We land south of our home at 8:55 AM, so with the ride 60 km
north, we should be home by 11:00 AM on Thursday. 
For lunch, we walked across the street into the largest,
oceanfront shopping center in Asia, Central Festival. 
I had chicken noodle soup and Daeng had Papaya salad.
October 2nd - Great Sunday morning, massage and
met our friend BoonMa for an Expat Club Meeting.
We are just going to hang out, get some sun and have some fun.
October 3rd - Not much happening today but tonight we are going to go to 'Walking Street".
They close down the end of Beach Road around 6:00 PM and reopen it to vehicles around 2:00 AM.
It is what a lot of folks call the "Fun zone" but I feel all of Pattaya City is a fun zone.
October 4th - We did have fun on Walking Street.
Daeng told me: "No more pictures!" I love her.
October 5th - Today we visited the Sanctuary of Truth.
It is an amazing place and all carved out of wood.
It is a work in progress and Daeng even helped a little.
That is why we had to wear hardhats.
I was proud of myself, walked down the 67 steps, around the complete grounds and back up again.
We spent a good part of the day there.
If you get to Pattaya, do yourself a favor and go see it.
Also, it's nice to be treated like the King.
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October 6th - We returned
motorbike, packed and checked out of Dobler House at 4:30 AM.
We just stopped to fill up with propane for the 125 km to
airport in Bangkok.
It is raining!
It was a smooth trip to the Bangkok Airport, an easy check
in at Bangkok Airways.
Besides being 800 THB (about $24.00 USD) lower in plane fare
and not charging extra for the 8 km over in luggage weight, they feed us, also
They have a wonderful passenger lounge with great food and
coffee.
Plane took off on time.
When we arrived in Chiang Rai, they even had some music to
welcome us. 
Our driver, guy, picked us up and took us to Mae Sai. 
We are unpacked, luggage is put away, pickup truck and both
motorbikes started, tire pressures checked on motorbikes and bicycles. 
Our bed is calling: "Nap time, nap time."
It was a good trip with our stay in Pattaya but it is nice to be home in Mae Sai.
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