Thai soup

After returning to istanbul I new it was going to be a mission to organise the MG shipping...
I spent 3 days in all returning to the port with the car...first the car had to be completely cleaned throughout and I had to drive to the special cleaning works for this...inside the engine compartment ,under the bonnet,inside the boot everything had to be removed then washed with high pressure steam and a strange chemical they use for cleaning...then it had to be heat treated and signed off by a customs officer...
the petrol tank had to be emptied of fuel for the journey,which was a complete fiasco as the guys doing this task didn't have a syphon so decided to try and suck the petrol out..1 poor fella must have drank half a litre of the fuel(must have thought it was Rakki) they got most of the fuel out eventually and I reversed the MG into the container that was up over a ramp that was next to the lorry...8 Turkish chaps then had the task of choking up the wheels and lashing the car to the inside of the container with carriage belts..
the MG would have to be transported to the port of Haydapasa and I would have to spend more time with the customs officers in 2 buildings across town 1 mile apart to and throw..I must have been to several different offices in these 2 buildings collecting paperwork and signing documentation......finally I had all the documents and proved the vehicle was mine etc and filled out customs declarations....all I had to do was take all this paperwork to another officer to prove that the car was indeed leaving the country and that I could be allowed to organise a flight out of Turkey...It is illegal to leave without proof that I have not imported the vehicle.....
By the end of the week I said farewell to the MG and with my paperwork all in order I went to look for a flight ........But I have to be back in Auckland by 3rd october at the latest to recieve the car and finally import the vehicle, get it road legal and drive to Wellington.
I find myself in Thailand in Bangkok. Its a crazy place, hawker stands selling their wares, fruit I have never seen before octopus kebabs for sale on the side streets.
The golden temples are simply wonderful to look at, I had to go get the battery charged again for my camera. The streets smell of fish most of the time mixed with the fumes of the cars, vans and tuk tuks....it would seem that anything can be purchased here, I dont wear branded clothes anyway but if I did they would all be fake although I couldnt tell...
There is usually a downpoor of rain everyday, so far I have missed getting a drenching...
I will be heading down south to Ko Tao an island near Ko Samui...I have to book the overnight bus today and head to Chumphon to catch the speed boat to get there.....it is a 12 hour journey all in 452kms...hopefully I will be doing some scuba diving and get to see a whale shark...NICE.