Thailand 2023 Third Report February 26, 202, I think in all the years I have been coming here, I have not come in the classic high season period of time. November to February. I am glad I did not. There are massive amounts of people here. I hear many, many different languages as I walk around. Tonight, I went to Central Festival (one of their largest and most popular shopping buildings) to get more cash from an ATM at a bank that I trust. While there, I ate in their food court. The food court has drastically expanded and also has more of a selection of vegetarian food. I actually saw a vegy burger. Wonderful. I thought I picked out a soup that did not have meat and told them so. The finished product may have not been pure. The prices are very good. For a large bowl of soup with various ingredients, a slice of vegy pizza and a iced latte coffee came to a total of 6 dollars. That is correct, six dollars. I could barely move for the amount of people there. Packed. Monday, February 27 Played bridge with Jean, results read Hugh Waliford. French speaker and we did not communicate well. I did bid and make 6 no-trump. Wonderful. Otherwise, we were last with 34 %. The last hand I bid incorrectly otherwise I thought I bid OK. I will be surprised if he wants to play with me again. I figured out the problem with my cell phone, I should have switched to cellular. Otherwise, works fine. Golf tomorrow. Tuesday, February 28 Today was golf with the Witherspoon group. We played Mountain Shadow. My caddy was very nice. When they discover my age they try to physically escort me around the course. I discourage that however they do a very nice job of getting me close to my ball to hit it without walking long distances. I got to play with two very nice people, Willie and Gary. Gary is from England, Liverpool and now lives in Scotland for the last 26 years. Willie is a Japanese American with Substantial success in life and a very successful family. His most recent activity was farming in California. His Grandmother just missed the nuclear bomb in Hiroshima when she stayed home sick from school. We had lengthy chats driving to the golf course. He described the success of each family member. It was fun to listen to him. The golf course was very well kept up and was fun to play. In my trips to Thailand, I had repeatedly played it. I struggled initially and started to play well on the back nine. My latest efforts are directed to always hit the ball straight at the target. I mostly was successful when I am able to hit the ball which I struggled with the first part of the game today. Over 9,000 steps today. Back hurts. The herbicides on the golf course brought out my agent orange from Vietnam rash on my legs. I had protective special cream on and only partially worked.