Thailand Visit; My Marriage: Homeward Flight
on homeward flight i sit with 'Ghee'.
an East Bay businessman is he. there's a seat between us, to SFO,
for my wife......if not to mama's she did go.
our trip to Thailand is now done.
we had minor problems....but also fun.
my nose bled (twice) and wife's knee did too,
but we saw birds and beasts (wild) not in zoo.
a seeming-endless stream of bats
over us flew like winged-rats.
a huge water lizard had lost its tail;
i hope, at catching fish, it does not fail.
we had dinner one night with Urai and Karl,
but her mom's death our future plans to visit them did snarl.
he suggested we go see go-go clubs our last night,
but we retired early due to early next-day flight.
my wife bought Chinese bills, while on our trip,
which now sit in money belt on my hip.
hotel toothbrushes i'd give to beggers....(my treat)
but, after first night, beggers i did not meet.
Bangkok's fleet of Toyota taxis was sight to see;
orange, green, yellow, red, blue, and pink delighted me.
it would be busy enough with cars, buses, and trucks;
then add motorbikes galore, weaving among them like so
many little ducks.
in Sukhothai we peddled bikes to a big park.
we saw unleashed dogs, but none did bark.
we took photos of Buddhist ruins and of birds,
and with a Chinese tourist exchanged some words.
in Ayutthaya our cute waitress learned a new word, 'cake',
but I think from plastic, the icing they did make.
Pak Chong resort visit was delayed
by train accident...then by our 'rescuers'' charade.
)
we drank lots of bottled water; they say 'don't drink tap'.
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