I went shopping at a bike shop and bought a decent back protector, enduro gloves and a nifty little camera that I can attach to my helmet/bike/taxi/stray dog for awesome action shots. I also bought a decent Digital SLR camera this afternoon, a Canon EOS 500D, something I should have brought from the start, so standby for some incredibly over the top brilliant photos.
Yesterday when we went out looking for the bike shops, we found Red Baron. There are not very many big bikes here in Thailand, but those that have them go here. CBR's, R1's, Hayabusas, Ninjas! It's good to see some decent machinery. They even have a KTM superduke so I a really looking forwards to getting my bike there and letting them just go to town on it. Mr Mastercard is having a wonderful time here!
Carlos and I found the MBK last night. The Mall of Bangkok. I considered getting a new mobile phone but was seriously gobsmacked by the number available. I think I'll stick with Oli's trusty old Nokia 6100 for now, despite having people laugh at me for having a crappy phone. They have the last laugh when I bang it against the wall with no repercussions though!
When we exited the mall we managed to walk straight into the first Siam International Bike Convention. There were probably about 200 Harley Davidsons there. I would have loved to have taken my bike there for some attention but sadly theyre still in customs. At least I got some free stickers after showing some people my photos.
Last night I checked the status of our shipment and found that our bikes have arrived so this morning, Sunday, we headed on down to the airport to try to get them. After eventually finding the cargo place we wandered through the security checkpoint unchecked only to be turned away 1 km later at another one. We had to wait for a guard to get a 4x4 to take us back to the reception. Here I had to go alone with a guy, whom I'm convinced we'll end up having to pay, to get the paperwork. Customs was closed but at least I got to see the crates and get half the paperwork done (i think!). Tomorrow will be an endurance event.
Marc and I went to a Thai boxing event this afternoon on the tip off of a guy at the airport. It was really cool to see. We managed to get some seats in a VIP type area for which some guy kept asking money for, even after I had paid what he wanted in the first place. I just told him to bugger off.
We managed to appear live on Thai television because we were sat behind some sort of important person who the film cameras kept turning too at the end of every round. I'm sure the people of Thailand loved seeing a scruffy Englishman in a tanktop giving the peace sign every 3 minutes. The latest photos (from my new camera) are from said event. I think I'm a real David Bailey just because I change the setting to monochrome!
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