No fishing in Nakhon Si Thammarat but theirs tv.
Obsession is tiring. While you are doing it you really don’t feel it as you are totally focused. Even when your body becomes tired, the adrenaline of obsession keeps you going. Nakhon Si Thammarat, 160kms north of Songkhla, became my relaxation zone. I had the option of a cheaper hotel something with a bed and a toilet/shower with minimal standards, something of my usual issue, but as I was not going to be fishing and trying to obsession recover, I opted for a business hotel with a nice room, with most importantly tv. I was double pleased when it wasn’t just the usual Thai tv (which I happen to like even though I don’t understand it). They had English channels, two movie channels, CNN, and the sometimes English Animal planet. Whoa, I was going to be able to do some deep relaxation as I hadn’t had tv for almost three months. When I watched my first movie, I could feel my body absorbing the tv vitamins much like the rain in the Kalahari after a hundred year drought. My brain began to soften and I could feel my muscles slowly start to unwind. Once I got the local 7-11’s mapped out and a chocolate donut shop, I was pretty much ready to begin vegetative state. Now, it was all good for body and soul, but my secondary part of the plan was also catching up on the blog. Although I had left Narathiwat a week and a half a go, the blog hadn’t. Fortunately there wasn’t a ton of stuff new that had to be done so it was more a matter of a few ramblings here and there to get everybody up to speed and catch up on my responses.
As there are only really some wats and a museum to see, I am going to just watch tv. In the future though, the plan is to visit some of the fishing villages around 70kms to the north and to try and find a new fishing hole. There are also some beautiful beaches with mountains running to their edge and even waterfalls to boot. Should be pretty nice. Might have to invest in a tent if the conditions are right.
So there you go. Sorry, gotta go back to watching some more tv. I think my next tv stop will be Chumpeon which is not too far away so a couple more days here should be enough. Don’t want to get tv obsessed. It is a fact, two obsessions equates to insanity.
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