Fun Day with California Friend

We had Breakfast in a little Thai place beside the building next to our hotel. This little Thai restaurant is only about five foot wide and a hundred foot deep. I call it the "Alley Restaurant". The food is fair and the price is very low. Many of the people that work around this area eat here. A couple of motorbike taxi drivers were eating when we came in.

After we ate we walked across Pattaya 2nd Road to the Buddhist Temple. There is Traditional Thai Massage School on the Temple grounds. We talked to the lady in charge and a 60 minute Traditional Thai Massage for an hour is 150 TB (about $4.50 USD). We had just eaten so we had to wait until another time.

I took some pictures of the different Buddha Images. the saying is "Buddha has many faces!". What that means, I think, is that there are many different looks. The one I liked here was the one called "Wednesday Buddha", maybe because it was resting. It is in a collect of images, one for each day of the week.

It was almost 11:00 AM so we hopped onto what most folks call a "Baht Bus". A "Baht Bus" is a small pick up truck with a canape in the bed. People just jump on and off at any locations and the cost is 10 TB (about 30 cents).

We made the trip to Jomtien Beach and met our friend Rick, from California, and his girlfriend, June. I had talked with Rick and June last night, after a meeting of English speaking folks, here in Pattaya. They had invited us to come joint them for lunch today.
Due to the distance we had to pay 20 TB each for the "Baht Bus" that left us off right in front of their condominium. It was one of those BIG beach side condominiums that they build along the ocean front. I thin there was 1300 unit in the complex. I always thing of Miami Beach when I see one like theirs.

I called Rick on our mobile phone when we put our feet on the ground and they met us at the entrance to the building. They live on the 14 floor with a beautiful view of the ocean.

After greeting each other we hung out talking. Daeng and June got along well so it gave Rick and I a chance to talk about California and Thailand and our lives of the last three or four years. Rick has been living about six months of the year in Thailand for the last six years.

June fixed us a great lunch of chicken, mango and pineapple. We then walked to the market about a mile and a half away on the next road. It was good for us to get the exercise. We also looked at the huge swimming pool for the condo complex. It was a beautiful pool with crystal clear water.

When we got back to their apartment Rick and i watch some television and the next thing we knew more food. One of June's favorite things to do is cook. I must also say that she is a excellent cook, as well. We all were stuffed, too.

We rested for a while and agreed to meet again on Saturday. We said good-bye and waddled to the beach road to take a "Baht Bus" back to our hotel in Pattaya.

That was enough fun for us for the day. We had eaten to much so we went to bed, falling asleep with the television on.