We went to dinner and came back. It still wasn't done.
The upscale hotel right by our apartment. |
Brian was craving farang food...so this is where we ate. A bit pricey no doubt, but good. |
Anyway, Brian grabbed his essential items and we went back upstairs. We would pick up the rest of our laundry in the morning. Hopefully.
The soi/street we live on. We live under the second illuminated sign on the left. A nice quiet street! |
Brian opened the door. Neatly stacked in front of our door was our laundry. Nicely ironed and folded into bags.
Jang had walked all the way up to deliver our clothes. To get in our building she would have had to ring the door bell and get the tenants on the first floor to let her in. Then she would have to climb countless flights of stairs to the 5th floor! Poor Jang.... But we were happy to see our laundry.
I crossed checked the inventory with my list of things we dropped off. We had been give an extra pair of socks and underwear. We were missing a jacket. We would inquire tomorrow... no need to go up and down 5 flights of stairs :)
After returning from work, We stopped by Jang's. She already had the jacket ready with a pair of shorts. The shorts where not ours. Hmm... good thing I did inventory before we dropped our laundry off!
While waiting for the tab, I almost tripped over her dog. It had decided to lay beside my feet so when I stepped back I nearly fell! A man quietly laughed. His name was Aaron. He was a tenant at Jang's (She also rents out rooms). He was on a business trip. Aaron was an older gentleman from Texas. He had been traveling through Asia since August looking for prospective retirement property for his client. He is staying for a week in Jomtien and then is moving on to Malaysia. I almost envied his job until I remembered the hassle with real estate here. He was a very interesting character, but then again aren't most that you meet off the beaten path...
He was surprised we were from America. In his opinion, American's don't travel. Only a fraction of American's have passports and only a percentage of those use it. I would have to agree with Aaron on this point.
Laundry cost... 550 baht ($17). A discount for Ajarn or teachers with the agreement to help Jang with her English :)
Although Jang did an amazing job, I think we might stick to washing things by hand and drying them on our patio. Maybe using Jang's services once a month.
This is where Jang hangs the clothes to dry. It's right across the street. |
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