day 3.5

bangkok for 2 days was like 1/2 a day because of the rag..but just the warmth and the food and being alone was great...i hung out with a war photographer from amnesty international and a real estate guy named leon from oroville,ca and Drew( a guy i think i met before)..meeting strangers and connecting and laughing together is for me really rejuvenating.

sat morn i got a airport van and headed to the new airport..they have strange rules for the transport vans so to avid a fee of some kind he took us thru a maze of garages and then opend the door and grunted...i had no idea where i was but around a corner and everything was fine...very nice new place with helpful english speaking people there to guide you...i checked in my luggage to Indian airlines and then i went to find some food..i had heard that there was a place in the basement where the staff/workers ate so i went to find it...no problem i was the only westerner there and it was lined with 20 different food stalls with local prices and i spent 30 minutes looking ateverything before deciding which...fucking great food..had crsipy pork over rice w/ a nice sweet sauce with a a bit of soup for 50 baht..$1.35..I would have paid $13 for this in the west and it wouldnt have tasted as good...
i wish marin at a place like this..i would live there..breakfast /lunch and dinner...
here are some pictures of the choices...

then off to mumbai on a old airbus of dubious safety..i have a basic problem is that i listen to the plane like im listening to a quality used car rental and this is not good..any non consisitent noise or rattle or bang and im praying....but i gave up after a while and settled in to some excellent chicken tikka and some freindly hindudes...
my name was waiting at the arrival hall and off we went to a hellish in construction windowless nightmare of a disgusting hole in the wall hell of a shithole. slept 5 hours and turned on the tv to 95 channels of 99 guru's and exercize machine sellars in 12 dialects of scandal news and some wonderfully old indian movies with great msuic. there is so much disenfectant/moth balls/bug spray in here that i dont have to worry about anything living in here at all..if i stayed 2 days i also would not be alive...but im off to goa in the morning......