Bangkok Update

Bangkok is it's usual lively, cosmopolitan self :-) The bar scene is the same and only the girls have changed. It is still a very inexpensive city to live in, even though the minimum wage was raised to 300 Bahts a day which is $10 CDN if you are counting. That is a day, not an hour as it is in Canada.

I can still eat dinner on the street for a $1.

One of the best deals if you are visiting Bangkok is the The Best Western Plus on Soi 20 at Sukhumvit. It is $55 a night and I would rate it as a 4 star back in Canada.

Bangkok continues to grow as they knock down rows of shops to build more hotels and malls. All the usual suspects (retail) from North America have arrived but the Thais compete on variety and price.

I am off to Pattaya this week and that is an experience in itself.

TTYL,

Jim

Summer Flying By!

It is August 4th and summer has arrived in Vancouver since about July 1st. The temperatures started approaching 25 degrees with no sign of drizzle and clouds for 5 days at a time. Apparently summer stays in Vancouver for July, August, September, and October and then we get back to cloudy and drizzle for the rest of the year.

I am currently in Bangkok, visiting my buddy John and the rest of my Thai friends. Lucky me, the rainy season is just arriving so I can expect drizzle and maybe a whole lot more. I am here for about a month ad then I will return to Vancouver. I am here because I love the city and its inhabitants. It is an exciting place to visit with lots of night life and music.  I am not working this time around so I will do a lot more travelling of the surrounding areas, other than Bangkok.

I have many more friends in Bangkok than I do in Vancouver. There is also lots more for me to do. My money also goes a lot farther, so I may be spending more time in Bangkok in the future.

TTYL,

Jim