Training 6 days per week and Thai school 4 days per week. I might join my friend for 
evening classes in Thai at Time Square two times per week.
the cute impala is still alive. But what if an even cuter baby lion have eaten the cute impala? Well, I hope the cute baby lion have eaten another impala and not MY impala!
Africa, 7 nights in Botswana with Desert & Delta Safaris. And when Desert & Delta Safaris arrange the safari it is a guarantee for the safari to be good.
always have a copy of my passport in my valet and that's all I need, at least according to the 
Monument to the Grand Palace. A range of ceremonies take place throughout the day and into the evening at prominent Bangkok temples like Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho and Wat Saket, and cultural performances are held at Sanam Luang near the Palace. So this might turn out to be fun.
are for sure not white anymore.
I would be able to find them in Bangkok. And I have 2 big boxes of the “LOW ENERGY” light bulbs at home, I bought them at HomePro not long ago.
entrance and I bought 10 bulbs, I will start to try them out in the kitchen.
hmm, or was it 250 Baht?
bulb. Even if I have the light on for years I won't save any money on the electricity. But imagine when we change all the light bulbs in the world! We will be able to close down several of our coal power plants.
actually one of the clever ideas. I decided to change all my old light bulbs for the “LOW ENERGY” lights.
But next time I will change for a LED. Of course, now when I have the LED there will never be any light that needs to be changed.
shower before we took off towards Sanam Luang to meet my friend's friend. He is a 2 time World Champion in Muay Thai and we will meet at the boxing ring in Sanam Luang.
come out from the crowd. The boxing ring was full of people and a Thai flag and an Indonesian flag.
held up in front of the cameras while telling how much the company would give the winning fighter. The Indonesian VS Thai was the first fight and there were 2 Thai VS Philippines following the first fight.
well, they started slow. Round 2 and it was getting embarrassing, the Indonesian fighter, no, the Indonesian 
guy had never been training nay boxing. I doubt that he had ever even hit a punch bag.
place to eat. We left Sanam Luang and we walked towards a place my friend knew on the Ratchadamnoen Road, next to the Democracy Monument. A Thai Restaurant called Methavalai Sorndaeng.
restaurant. The big tables for 10 persons with a turn table on top of the table. And when we got the menu: A va fan e detta?
But we were hungry and we ordered the food and it turned out to be one of my best Thai meals ever. The chicken wrapped in the green leaf was one of the best chicken I have ever had. I ordered Pad Thai, I have never been eating Pad Thai before. I asked for them to add curry powder to the Pad Thai and the Waiter and my friend protested. I continued to ask for the curry and the Waiter went to the Kitchen to see if they could add curry.
He was soon back at the table and it was no problem to add curry. The food came and it was excellent, and the Pad Thai “curry special” was very good. Yes, we had a god time at the restaurant, the food was excellent and this place will make it in to my TOP 3 favourite Thai Restaurants in Bangkok. If I ever manage to success with my diet I might come back for another meal. But from now on, NO MORE restaurants until I have managed to obtain my V-shaped torso.
Everything was free at Sanam Luang, food and drinks, even the haircut
Everything was free at Sanam Luang, food and drinks, even the haircut
Everything was free at Sanam Luang, food and drinks, even the haircut
We were lucky and we found a taxi and we were soon back at the boxing ring. Two kids in the ring and we left the boxing behind. People started to come to the park and it was too much people. And the long 
queues with people lining up for free food didn't made it any better. And the garbage and the smell, take me out of here!
We walked through the crowd until we came to an area where there wasn't so much people, close to where we had entered Sanam Luang.
It was so nice to come out from the crowd. This area was surrounded by exhibition tents and people were sitting on the grass. My friend told me that we would light candles at 7 o'clock, and there would be a big firework at 7. Well, as this is the first time for me, we can
as well wait for 2 hours. It was 5 o'clock and I was about to go back home.
Here was so much people it was impossible to move around, and I would love to walk around having a look. And I wanted to wait until it was dark so I could get some pictures of the lights at Ratchadamnoen Road. We went to check my friend's car and his car was blocked by trucks so no
way he could leave. At least not with his car.
Yes, how to kill 2 hours? We spotted an ice cream vendor
and we walked over to the girl.
We bought two ice creams and we were enjoying the ice cream while joking with the girl.
She prepared herself to continue down the road and I asked her for two more ice creams. The girl left and we started to walk back towards the gate while eating ice cream.
It was quite nice to walk down the road as there was not very 
many people, well, there were plenty people but it was easier to walk as there were plenty space.
And I like the ice cream vendors in Thailand, they have saved me more than once when I have been hungry (and bored) If it is a female vendor I can always crack a few jokes with the vendor.
There were plenty people wanting to buy ice cream from the other side of the fence so she was buys, good luck for her and I hope she make good money.
Cannot be an easy life pushing around a box of ice cream on a bicycle all day long in this heat.
We were soon back in Sanam Luang and now we only had “almost” two hours to wait until it was time
to light the candle and the fire work.
I was thirsty after having eaten the ice cream and my friend went to buy water, we should meet back here under the big yellow flag. I stayed behind and I was starting to get tired in my legs, but no signs of any place to sit down to relax.
Suddenly there were a marching band coming in through the gate, and I went to have a look. There
were a never ending line of marching bands coming in through the gates. The bands were mixed with soldiers marching and at the end there were different universities marching along. All these people came in to the park.
And it was the same at the gate on the opposite side of Sanam Luang. I went to the other side of the park trying to get out on the street where there was less people. There were marching bands for as long as I could see, must be thousands of people marching in to Sanam Luang
Marching bands with flags
I was on Ratchadamnoen Nai Road watching the marching bands marching in to Sanam Luang and it was very nice. I was in the front row and not much people around as most of the people were in
Sanam Luang behind me on the other side of Ratchadamnoen Nai Road. And I spotted a street vendor selling water on the other side of the road, but all the marching bands were between me and the water. And I was very thirsty so I really needed water.
I decided to wait until the marching bands had passed and then I would cross the street to buy some water. The marching bands passed and now there were a few thousand university students marching by.
I made a run for it and I was drinking cold water when the last people was marching by. I finished the water and I walked back to Sanam Luang. It was around 6 o'clock and many people were
leaving, nice, but what about the fire work and lightning the candles? Why are the people leaving?
My friend called and he asked where I was and I told him that I was close to the flag. Took me a few minutes to get there and we went to look for a place to sit down while waiting for the fire work to start. We passed the place with the fire work and we learned that the fire work and the lightening of the candles would not start until
19:39. That gave us one hour to go, but we were lucky, we found a place to sit down and we were soon talking with two girls. Well, a mother and her daughter.
We had a good time with them and it was nice to sit down joking with them and the time passed quickly. We had a few people next to us preparing their cameras and tri pods so they could take pictures of the fireworks. Suddenly every one stood up and they started to light up their candles. My friend and I joined them with our candles burning.
Be careful with the finger
We stood there with our candles and we had to light them over and over again as the candles blew out. And there was no sign of anything happening. We were waiting for the national hymn to start,
as I understood it this is what the lights were for. Then the fire work would start.
We were standing there re lightning our candels talking with the people around us and it was OK, especially since it was not too crowded. And my friend had time to repair his candles that was broken in 3 pieces. Suddenly the national hymn started and the candels came up again. The song came to an end and the fire work started.
The fireworks at Sanam Luang came to an end and they started to send up fireworks from the
North side of the Sanam Luang. There was no wind at all and the fireworks was soon covered in smoke.
The fireworks in Sanam Luang didn't reach the same heights, but still some
problem with the smoke. But now the fireworks was soon covered in smoke, would have been nice with a wee bit of wind. And the fireworks they sent up North of Sanam Luang was much bigger than the fireworks in the park.
And we could not see the fire work going up, just explosions in the sky and it was beautiful, but the smoke was terrible. And it was soon starting to fall down ashes on us. At first I thought it was mosquitos or insects attracted by all the yellow shirts, but it was ash from the fire work.
By now the sky was covered in smoke
The last few fireworks were totally covered in smoke. When the last one went off we left Sanam Luang. This will be interesting, how will the street look like when all these people are going to
leave? At least my friend was lucky, the water truck that had been blocking his car was gone and he could drive home.
I walked South on Soi Na Phaa That and I was passing North of Sanam Luang crossing the Ratchadamnoen Klang at Royal hotel. The roads were full of people AND CARS!!! I had expected to cars to be banned from the roads around Sanam Luang. How many people coming out from Sanam Luang, 100,000? And the side walk was full of street vendors. Only the street to walk on, and they very full of busses and cars.
On the way back home
The streets are full of people going back home
And we can see that the road to Royal Hotel is very crowded
There might have been more than 100,000 people in the park
This driver looks bored
On Ratchadamnoen walking towards Democracy Monument
I have crossed Ratchadamnoen at Thannon Tanao (Khaosan Road)
Almost at the Democracy Monument
Ratchadamnoen full of people on their way back home
Democracy Monument
Full flash and not possible to see the direction signs
Same signs with the “baseball cap” effect
And of course, I was soon finding out that the roads were full of motorcycles as well. On the streets and I tried to follow the walking masses. At Royal hotel I saw the top of many heads, must have been thousands of them. A large group and I decided to follow them in order to get protection
from the heavy traffic. Turned out that it was people on motorcycles and I found myself walking among all the motorcycles and I was almost alone on foot. I made a quick retreat and I crossed the road again and I was finally on the other side of Ratchadamnoen a wee bit North of Royal Hotel. My plan was to walk back on the Southside of Ratchadamnoen. But the side walk was full and the oncoming lanes were full of traffic.
So I had to cross the west bound lane and I joined a steady stream of people walking East in the East bound traffic lane. I reached the intersection at Thannon Tanao at Khaosan road and I
crossed the East bound lane. I was on the side walk and I continued to walk towards the East and Sukhumvit Road. I really didn't had any hope to find any taxi and I expected to have to walk for quite a while before finding any taxi.
I reached the Democracy Monument and I was taking picture using the flash and long shutter time. And as always (At least when I remember it) I turn my baseball cap to avoid closing the flash with the cap peak. The road sign gave a terrible reflection and I tried to turn my baseball cap to keep down the flash a bit. It worked out to be OK.
I have walked past the Democracy Monument bound for Sukhumvit
I have walked past the Democracy Monument bound for Sukhumvit
Eats of the Democracy Monument bound for Sukhumvit
Eats of the Democracy Monument bound for Sukhumvit
Walking over Rop Krung
I passed the Democracy Monument and I walked over Rop Krung and I continued down Nakhon Sawan, I crossed the Canal and I continued until Phitsanulok Road. I turned right and I walked towards Phetchaburi. I crossed the railroads and I walked under the elevated high way. I was alone when I left the Canal behind on Nakhon Sawan, but there were plenty people joining from Lan Luang when I was walking down Phetchaburi.
We crossed the walk over and one girl pointed at the ladder going down to the lane going towards
Sukhumvit. Well, there are thousands of people looking for a taxi going in that direction and I continued walking TOWARDS the traffic going back to Ratchadamnoen. They thought I was crazy, well, the chance are exact 0 (ZERO) to find a taxi going in the direction towards Sukhumvit Road Soi 23.
And I was lucky, there was a taxi outside 7 Eleven and he brought me back home. And it was 11 when I was back home and I had been walking for the full day, good for my diet.
I was really tired when I was back home, I checked the latest news about the snap election in Sweden. Set to 22nd Of March 2015 and I need to find out when I can get the ballot papers.
The Indian safari, so far nothing but a disappointment, the company want me to come work and I told them that I will tell them on Monday. So if I don't have any news about my Indian Tiger safaris on Monday I will tell
Maersk that I'm available. And that means that I have concerns about my ballot papers.
Sweden's government lost a budget vote and it looks like they will hold a snap election on the 22nd of March 2015 and I really want to take my responsibility and vote.
Snap elections in Sweden
Snap elections in Sweden
Sunday and time to join Bangkok Photographers for a photo walk. Photo walk #33 and we will go to the Srinakarin Train Market, Talat Rot Fai at Srinakarin Road. Talat Rot Fai is located behind Seacon Square and we will meet there at 18:00 on Sunday.
So click HERE and you will soon find yourself in the middle of that adventure
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 E ni Svenskar och inte förstår Engelska så ska ni skämmas. J och Björn, med det menar jag inte att alla mina stavfel ska ältas varje gång vi träffas.
 Well, the flag of Skåne, just a BONUS flag.
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