16October2025: Suffering From Airconditionosis: Jasmine Tea, Papaya Juice, Lots of Water and Latitudes of Melt
Airconditionosis is an affliction suffered as a result of a travelling companion cranking up the air conditioning to a polar vortex setting causing shivering throughout one’s sleeping period necessitating comforters for warmth. Resulting morning symptoms are predominately feeling like crap.
I was up to watch sunset from our window. Spectacular! Nifty seeing the tugboat convoys below on the river.
I decided to forego the jarring 08:00 start to the tour day and instead partake in a relaxing breakfast overlooking the Chao Phraya River at the Peninsula’s outdoor restaurant. It seems de riguer on this tour to consume a hurried breakfast and rush out to a waiting bus. Delicious fruits and Asian cuisine are to be savoured opposed to being gobbled. Had a long chat with J and J also on our tour who also decided to take a day off for me time. For some the tour is becoming a grind and a break is appreciated. An absolutely stellar breakfast buffet style and unlike Singapore’s Shangri-La breakfast here at the Peninsula Bangkok a full pot instead of a mini cup of jasmine tea. I will give credit to ABC International, our tour company; the two hotels so far have been exceptional in everyway. Our room is enormous with a spectacular view of the river.
I took a couple of papaya juices and bottles of water to the room and read a surprisingly intriguing novel “Latitudes of Melt” written by Canadian Joan Clark in 2020. A sort of a Newfoundlander “Gone With the Wind” saga. It is about the life and times of a baby found on an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland. She was a survivor of the Titanic.
Started feeling a bit better and like a moth heading for the light decided to walk over to a 12 story Icon Siam shopping mall. Who says temples and tuk tuk discovery rides are the real culture of a country?
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