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My trip started Monday with a flight from Atlanta to Seattle. Seattle has become my departure airport for many reasons. 1. I don't like flight legs of over 9 hours and Seattle has the shortest legs to and from Tokyo. Westbound is usually 9 1/4 hours and Eastbound is frequently under 8 hours. This is quite a bit shorter then flights out of LAX. 2. Seattle airport is easy to get around and the transportation is sett up well. I always spend the night in Seattle in both directions. 3. Customs and Immigration is fabulous. Never had more then 10 minute wait (maybe I am lucky) and always a nice welcome home . A pleasure compared to Detroit, Los Angeles , JFK etc. This was my first flight on the new 787 with ANA. First impressions were loved the big windows with the automatic sun shades and the staggered seating in Business Class. I had a window seat so quite enjoyable on departure over the snow covered mountains and ocean. Service on ANA is exemplary. Asian Flight Attendants put the USA to shame. Food was good if a little to fancy for my taste. Had a 2 hour layover in Tokyo and the ANA Lounge is really nice and again puts the United and DL lounges to shame. Arrived into Bangkok at 1030pm and there were no lines at Customs and my Bag was off in 5 minutes. Walked down to Door 3 where my driver was waiting and arrived Pattaya at 1230 am. Now after 2 months in the USA, even as tired as I am I want some cute Thai Boy to put me to sleep. My two favorites from last trip are out of town so I went to my favorite GayRomeo site and 15 minutes later found a good possibility. He arrived my room 30 minutes later and let me take the one photo. He was just what I needed and fell asleep for 8 hours which happens about once a year for me. My apartment is next to the biggest Mall in Pattaya so at noon I headed out to change some money and get a few things. The photos start off with the Little Temple for prayer at the corner of the Mall. Then the entrance from Pattaya 2 Road and into a 7 Level Mall. It has about anything you need and a lot of restaurants and banks, massage, dentists, banks, movie theaters etc. The Mall is served by 2 main Roads . The Pattaya 2 Road and on the other side Beach Road. Beach Road so called because it follows along the Beach. There are some very nice restaurants in the Mall with outside Decks where you can look at the action on the water and maybe along the beach. hehe The Mall can be a great place to meet boys although I was there a little to early . Later in the day there will be cute Thai Boys where ever you look and sometimes a smile will get you more then you can imagine. Doubt I'll go out tonight but will hit some of the Bars in BoysTown tomorrow and report.

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I wonder if at least some of the high early demand is from folks who figure they better get signed up quick before the Tea Party takes it away. If the Democratic spinmeisters were as crafty as the Republican spinmeisters they'd at least be floating the possibility, though I haven't heard anyone say it yet. I don't really want the Democrats to be craftier than the Republicans, but I wouldn't mind them being a little better at calling out bullshit when they see it. For example, the reason the government has been shut down for six days is because the Speaker of the House refuses to bring a spending bill to the floor and let the members vote on it. But that's the job of the Speaker and the Democrats won't call him out for not doing it. I think Pelosi could be much more vocal here. Of course, as they say on the other site, I'm probably just being an ultracrepidarian.

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Just for you Lucky. Not much to report. It is raining constantly and I am sticking close to my room. But no problem ordering in!