We soon found that shopping was easy. The local market is great for fresh vegetables as well as freshly-caught fish and seafood (much of it still alive), all at rock-bottom prices. The meat market is a bit smelly, with lots of flies! But nearby Pattaya has plenty of Western-style supermarkets if you hanker after fine French cheeses, Virginia ham or imported steaks.
Cooking at home proved more difficult. Thai houses often have no kitchen, or just
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Fly Me To The (Crescent) Moon – Part 3
We stayed at home and battened down the hatches for the first day of festivities. But on the second day we took a walk down to a local restaurant. It was just five minutes’ walk away, but halfway there we were waylaid by the young couple from the laundry shop. (Labour is very cheap, so as well as having a part-time maid for basic housework, we also outsource tasks such as ironing at less than
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