The deep eerie vibrations sounded like the tripods in “War of the Worlds” (the recent movie with Tom Cruise) . They woke me up at 4.30 a.m. A few minutes later I realised it was motorcyles racing in a violent thunderstorm. I was glad to see the rain, as it took the edge off the heat.

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It rained heavily overnight, then just after dawn I saw a rainbow. It was the most impressive rainbow I’ve seen in Thailand. Around 7.15 a.m. I started running:  3 times around the perimeter, then 3 laps of the lake. 

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Too hot for running today, or even writing a post.  My Bangkok marathon T-shirt is clinging to me like a wetsuit. The last time I ran was last Thursday evening.

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Ran early this morning. The most interesting thing about the run was the birdsong. Some birds in Bangkok sound similar to those in the U.K., but some are totally different. Such as one bird which I heard this morning (but only for a few seconds): something like this eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee oo  The eee is at least twice as [...]

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