That holiday feeling ....

They come and they go, short vacations, and another one has gone by. The mid-autumn festival and national day long weekend vacation saw me, 'K' and 'J' head off for what was 4 night 3 day vacation to Bangkok for what can be best describe as shopping, food, shopping, food, shopping, food and drink. This trip saw my (and 'K's) first experience of Babylon Barracks. I opted for a larger room that caters more for 'couples' as opposed to the other rooms which cater more for those with a more singular lifestyle. All in all I was quite impressed with the hotel and the sauna facilities and have no real crticism, service was as impeccable as ever and the staff friendly and helpful.

Whilst I was there I did part take of 2 massages, one body oil thing and one whole body salt scrub. I have never been much in to massages however with age I guess my tastes have changed and I thoroughly enjoyed them. After the salt scrub my skin was as soft as a furry peach (even though a peach has a bit more fur than I do), sadly, against my expectations the salt didn't dissolve any of my fat and I had to have a quick dip in the pool to get rid of that.

Speaking of pools, I actually made to the gym the other and managed to swim a good few lengths (10 I think) although I did have to take some long breaks in between to catch my breath and attempt to slow down my heart beat! I will go again and see if I can some small improvement s in my performance, who knows I may actually get to enjoy it ....

So today is Friday, the end of another week, this week I was lucky enough to get to relive the UK experience by paying large amounts of money for a new passport. It is scandalous that they can charge you nearly 7,000NT$ for a passport and not even deliver it to your door. Memories of rip-off Britain come flooding back, oh and my head was too small so need to have a new photo, rules are rules and the British government loves its rules!

Right time to prepare for the weekend ....