It's 6pm local time. So far, jet lag is doing far less damage to me than normal. Could be that I actually managed to sleep until 7:30 this morn, or that I've been in the sun much of the day and moving. Of course, we're about half an hour or so from sunset, so we'll see exactly how I do after that. It's 5am local time, so I could get some sinking spells soon if I'm not careful (I'm avoiding laying on the bed just in case...).

We went and got a bit of food this morn to kick things off. Would like to have gotten something more local, but there was a Subway sandwich shop just outside our front door that Barbara suggested, and after having had nothing but airline food the previous day I was ready for anything at that point. Pretty much exactly what you would have expected from the U.S.

Then we took off for our shopping expedition. We took the tram down, which is for all practical purposes an above ground subway. Got pretty used to travelling that way on our New York trip, so this isn't bad. You have to get coins and buy a ticket each way, but to go from here (Nana) to Ma Chit (which is the last stop is 40 Baht, which is roughly $1.30 or so. Not bad. Certainly better than what we got hit up for last night.

We went and got a bit of food this morn to kick things off. Would like to have gotten something more local, but there was a Subway sandwich shop just outside our front door that Barbara suggested, and after having had nothing but airline food the previous day I was ready for anything at that point. Pretty much exactly what you would have expected from the U.S.

The weekend market, as alluded to in an earlier post, is a massive collection of stalls, both indoor and outdoor, that sell pretty much everything under the sun. I get the feeling we saw maybe half of it (maybe). There were massive amounts of clothes ranging from local wear to suits to t-shirts, many of which sported american cultural pieces (though some were older cultural pieces, I was surprised how many 80's bands had shirts for sale...). I managed to get some more of the shirts I was looking for, which is good. I'd gotten a Thai style shirt in Indo a few years back and loved it. But it started wearing out and I've not been able to locate more. Figured this was a good place to check, and turned out to be correct. Crys found some interesting clothes as well, and we got a few random souvenirs. There were plenty of souveneer type things to be had, as well as pet supplies (you would not believe some of the things people will buy for their pets here), pets themselves, woodwork, iron work, pots and pans, general supplies, fruits, and many many more.

We grabbed food from a local vendor inside the market. This time we had a bit more localized meal, with a "lamb burger" in a wrap. Tasty stuff! The market over all was teaming with people, and there was definitely some interesting people watching to be had. This is a very global area with a diverse group of inhabitants. 

   The plan this eve is to walk about some more in the areas around our hotel. Given how exhausted we all are after today, we'll see if we make it further than getting food or not. 

Tomorrow, we head for the train. From there we may have a slight change of plans in that we may continue past Hat Yai and go to Alor Setar Malaysia. Apparently it's far easier to catch a ferry to Langkawi from there. We'll see. If we get up early enough we may work in some more sight seeing. I would still like to catch one of the Buddhist temples while we're here.

That's it for now. I'll jump back on later!