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Before leaving Thailand, Martin always spend some nights in Bangkok at The Ambassador Hotel.

Packing up in Jomtien. Suza and Lai doing the hard work.

Suza's car.

Suza has gotten 4 new ladies for his car.

A short stop for a leak closer to Bangkok.

Martin's favorite toilet just outside Bangkok. It is a toll road office.

Downtown Bangkok.

View of Bangkok.

Arriving at The Ambassador Hotel.

View from the room. We got a different room this time, 353, not 363 that was booked for 3 months.

Another view towards the pool area with the king in front.

Martin on the bed with his PC.

The room 353 from the inside.

February 20th, time to visits cousin Arild in On Nut.

 

To the left, you have Martin on Arld rooftop and some pictures taken from the 12 story high residential block that Arild lives in at On Nut.

 
The view from the roof top is nice and relaxing.

Arild and Martin is having a quiet moment on one of the tables on the roof.

Satellite dish for international TV.

Rubbish from some other place on the roof. Martin couldn't figure out where it came from.

Nice view from the top.

There is a big pond next to the block of flats.

Plenty with greenery on the roof top. But it could be more. It is a nice space but little used.

The neighbors down below.

Arild in his new flat.

He just bought for a reasonable price, some US $ 35.000,-. Not bad.

Martin and Arild in the overcrowded living room.

Arild is getting ready for dinne.

Arild, Jiratip and Martin at the dinner table.

Jiratip makes a very good chicken soup.

Zav or Sun was not at his shop, but his brother was.

On the way back, Martin got a ride with this guy. And he did not overcharge Martin.

This is the bill Martin got. Some 139 bath instead of the 320 that Suza charges. Not nice for Suza.

The next day, time to visit China Town with Arild and Jiratip. Lai in the Ambassador before leaving.

One of Bangkok's landmark. Martin doesn't have a clue what it means.

We took the Sky Train to Mo Chit. Arild was there.

Lai waiting at Mo Chit waiting for Arild.

The parking lot at the end station of this line of the Sky Train.

A lot of traffic.

Lai is watching the traffic as well.

The charges for taxis for long trips. Suza is grossly overcharging.

This nice cab driver gave Martin a good offer for a trip to River Kwai.

Alt last, we got to China Town. Lai is very happy.

Arild is getting into the heavy water after a long walk.

Lai with the dumplings we had. The girls didn't like the food much.

Lai and Martin.

Time to walk around. Chestnuts being cooked. They taste like potato.

Here is a stack of crabs. Not Martin's favorite.

Happy Thail ladies. They have found their ATM machines.

Jiratip and Arild in front of a mural menu at Shangarila Jawaraj Restaurant. A very posh place with extreme prices.

On the way back, we wanted to take a boat trip to the nearest Sky Train.

It was like a bus.

It was very spacious inside the boat.

Some fancy building along the riverbank.

This small tug pulled 3 large sand barges behind it.

Here are the sand barges. A lot of sand.

Time to take the Sky Train back to the hotel.

People lining up to get on board. A very effective transportation vehicle.

DETAC, the Norwegian company Telenor uses in Thailand. This is the head quarter.

The Game Bar, Martin's favorite watering hole in BKK. You sit and look down on the people below.

Early morning at 0600, Suza picked us up from The Ambassador.

Then Martin went to the airport and stood in line because the Internet at The Ambassador was useless.

Stopover at a snowy Moscow airport in the evening. We were delayed for an extra 4 hours and Martin did not reach his train, arriving at mid-night.

Arriving at Oslo airport at midnight on the 22nd of February. Martin had to sleep over at a Norwegian price @ US $ 200,- for the night. The total cost of air-travel was US $ 400,-, a return ticket to Bangkok from Oslo. Norway is expensive. Martin will try to get a refund from Aeroflot.

Park Inn at Gardemoen where Martin stayed the night.

It was night and expensive with nice, clean and efficient rooms with all the goodies you expect from a high class hotel. This is the room.

The view from the room. The 23rd was a nice winter day in Norway.

Martin with his PC in the room. The Internet was fast.

The gangway to the lifts.

The breakfast was excellent. Martin ate his favorite, not obtainable in Thailand, pickled herring for a bread spread.

Back at WestWood. Not much snow here and this is Karma's rubbish left behind.  

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Last updated on June 12, 2016 at 09:07 hours.