A footbal tourney

For a few days before the festivities several teams played a round robin tournament in the sand.

The massage ladies.

The girls got flowered shirts to sruce up for Sonkran. Heres Ni working on Booms shoulders. Boom and Ni are very close friends.

Sirima

Groups of young Thai come from Bangkok on weekends and holidays. They say sometimes six to a room. The can't afford to go to the bars so party on the deck. A morning after. This is Richard from Australia. He's a long term guest.

Sirima

One of the downsides of staying here are all the dogs. I didn't photo any of the mangy ones. The owner has a tender heart for strays. The dogs have the run of the joint and poop and pee as they please. One of these pugs is blind but wanders around anyway. The staff is doing a much better job of clean up this year. I don't walk barefoot in the common areas.

Sirima

This is Bongs wife. I don't know her name and their granddaughter. She come with them in the evening, plays with neighborhood kids and then sleeps in one of the massage rooms with the pit bull puppy. This chubby lad is the grandson of the owner. One afternoon he was carefully trying to stick a room key up this dogs butt. The dog seemed unconcerned.

Sirima Guesthouse

When you stay long term somewhere you become a little like family. Nuan has worked there 15 years. She covered up to quickly. I did catch her later in a Sonkran photo. Da and Lee clean the rooms. Bong is the night guard. He locks up the motorbikes, checks in late arrivals and snoozes at the front desk.

Back in the Land of Smiles

Halloh my many friends. I had an afternoon in Bangkok and explored some of the vast markets that are there. These photos are from the fish as pets area. My frog eating friend Ni, was very confident that these froggies were destined for the deep fryer. These little crawdads were only about 1 1/2 inches, too amall to eat?