Lazy Days on The Chaing Mai - Bangkok Intersection

It's taken no time at all, I am officially detoxed from Bangkok both physiologically and psychologically. I woke up late today, well as late as the mid-day sun will ever allow. When you wake up at that hour there isn't even time for a yawn before your under the shower-head drenched in sweet cold water. It was hot, but thankfully we were blessed with an early downpour and for three hours I sat under shelter playing guitar until the sun showed itself with little left of the day to do any serious damage. Perfect.
I took the chance to wander down towards the river front where I watched the chaos that is any river in the Mekong region, floating fruit sellers, water taxis and stowaway monkeys dominated the fresh waters, shouting, hustling and stealing anything they could get their hands on (only the monkeys for that last one!). The sun set over the water-logged coconut and lychee palms behind the golden wats facing the river bed and the commotion gradually hushed until only the roar of the crickets and other insects they like to barbeque here were audible.
I quickly left as already my arms, neck and feet, although they covered by thick leather, were soon dinner to the mosquitos. There is something about the Thai mosquitos, they seem more intelligent, more cheeky. They go for you but mostly on the elbows, your knees and your feet. FEET! Ah what an annoying place, your constantly itching, your poor trodgers being scratched by every step you take. Bastards.
I left in a tuk-tuk to the night market. I had forgotten the expense of traveling alone out here, everybody had warned me... more expensive rooms and more expensive tuk-tuks. The amount lost we are dealing with here though is little over 50 pence so not too much of a funeral but still in Thai mode every baht counts. The night market was fantastic as it ever was, Islamic Thais wipping up fantastic fusion dishes of pancake curries, and fish cake falafels. I walked around for an hour or so taking all the sites and smells. Raw squid and fish fillet are cut up with eccentric knives then thrown on a barbeque to toast and to allow the stall owners time to quiz you about where you were from and what you are doing here. Then the browned meat is tossed in 3 types of sauce, raw garlic, peanuts and sesame seeds before dispensed into a plastic bag bedded with salad and presented to you with a pair of tiny thin chopsticks. The Thai take-away, a perfect start to an evening of nothing. That washed down with a cheap 'Archa' large beer at 35bht and a couple of episodes of the newly downloaded 'Boardwalk Empire' and you've got the recipe for one happy dude. I will not keep it waiting any longer, my procrastination shows how much you all mean to me :)