colourful language

Im back! It seems such a long time since i left this place and i had a strange feeling as i arrived and got off the plane. i had forgotten how much the place smells, it really does. it is a sort of hot, sticky, dusty, palm tree smell, either way it smelt good!

my journey back was interesting, it was more comfortable this time. i had a bunch of interesting single serving friends (as i call them) first guy was thai and leaving london to go back to bangkok after spending 6 months studying english in eastbourne, he knew a bunch of people from kings church down there, we had a good chat. small world.
the second guy was a character. from oman to thailand i had an essex cabbie sitting next to me. he was actually quite good company despite his colourful language. i did find some of his stories a little questionable. he said one of his friends was shot in thailand and died last year after a few locals tried to steal his bike. then he said he went on a fishing trip to the south china sea and a german bloke jumped over the side to go swimming but the current was too strong and by the time they lifted the anchor to get him he was gone. he spoke so casually about the whole episode i felt it only right to sit with a sceptical look plastered all over my face. to which he simply kept saying 'yeah...no f***ing joke'. soon after he had a couple of beers and fell asleep. he has a wife in thailand who he goes to see once a year...i will make no comment on that!
despite having 10 hours to wait in bangkok i could sit in the bangkok airways lounge this time because i was flying out with them. so i checked in with them as soon as i got there and sat in a nice big comfortable chair sipping orange juice and reading the paper, the airport lounges are great, free food, drink, internet and loads of papers from all over the world. also i realised that last time i was in bangkok airport i only explored one end of the airport terminal, i couldnt believe it when i realised that the terminal building was twice as big as i had thought there was atleast another hour of shop browsing i could have done to pass the time when i didnt have the lounge...gutted.

i really enjoyed my short visit to England and i must say i cannot wait to get back into the busy church life over there. but for now there is alot to be done here and im just settling back in and soprting out what im going to focus the rest of my time here on doing.

first thing is first...i need to get my bike fixed!
Ben.