Following the parade to, and the acceptance into, the bride's house the wedding ceremony takes place: Then, once the ceremony is over, onto the photgraphs: Some words from the bride and groom: --- and then the feast :D : The giving of presents to family and friends: and then the party:

The parade is a tradition of NE Thailand/Surin and it involves the groom and his relations parading, with offerings of gifts, food and drink to the bride's. The parade then sing, dance and proceed to the bride's house and offer the gifts to the bride: These are (it is hoped :-), of ...

Once the monks arrive we are allowed into the room to observe proceedings and to watch and pray . And then there is the offering of food to the monks. First it is the giving of rice: and then it is the actual offering of the alms bowls: --- This then concludes the ...

An early rise to be back up at Moo's mother's house for 6 am. Food preparation and cooking has been going on all night and is still in full swing when we arrive: --- The monks are due to arrive at 0630 and it'll hopefully give me enough time to get ...

Partied late'ish last night so a relaxing wake up, some lunch in Pattaya and under the beach umbrella-roof for the afternoon: Afterwards it's back to the hotel and watching the sunset from Jomtien Beach: Back to Bangkok tomorrow.

Both of us want to get out of Bangkok for a few days so we decide to go to Pattaya/Jomtien for a break. A blast from the past is on the bus! Spooky how things work out but we bimble down to the bus station at Ekkamai, stopping when the heavens ...

We grab some lunch in a local restaurant and then spend the afternoon down by the beach chilling out and then getting some supplies and the like before heading back to the hotel. You have to be careful where you walk though, especially at night... Togged up, off for a Korean BBQ ...

Now my language skills have never been worth shouting about and learning Thai is not particularly easy! I have to admit that, at this stage, it appears far harder than French and Spanish ever were (both of which I failed miserably in learning) so I have decided to book myself in ...

There are lots of new and smart cars about but this is the first roller I've seen over here.

Much better now...only headaches and joint pain remaining :-)