day 8 continued

day 8 continued
sorry - the keyboard froze. I upset it by holding the shift key down for more than 8 seconds.
After the gem factory, back to the hotel to recover exclamation mark (sorry again, I can't find the exclamation mark on this Thai keyboard)
It was a great day and the Grand Palace will be one of the enduring memories of this trip.

Evening, found the raunchiest bar in the neighbourhood and had a meal in the restaurant opposite and watched Liverpool vs Inter on the raunchy bar tele accross the (narrow) road interspersed with major distractions from the girls 'manning' the entrance to their bar. A good night to be there because they were celebrating (with whisky) their bosses birthday. They were having a great time despite the lack of customers, dancing to the loud music and giving any passing male a very hard time indeed. Two of them came over (separately) to talk to me, the sad old-timer in the restaurant opposite. One was from Chiang Rai near to where I am travelling to next, she was working in Bangkok to send money back to her mother at home. The other had 2 children and was looking for a man with money to support them and settle down with. Not sad, just reality in Bangkok. They both went back to their party/work and had some more whisky.
Got to bed just after midnight, not too bad, but being collected 6.15am for tomorrow's tour exclamation mark I will try to find this key when I have more time All the Best,
John