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On the road again
... only a few hundred yards away, is open and still has a bookcase. Over a cold beer I sit and exchange the 33 books that I have brought with me for 31 to take back to Khamnadie. They are largely old and a bit tatty but still readable all the same. Back to thje room again for a while.
At 17:00 we both go out - yes, Jai has woken up ! - to visit the nearby market that we wish to transplant to Phon Thong as it sells everything. I can see fish is a ...
Quck stop in Khon Kaen
... and they wouldn't budge on the price so we went and found a tuk tuk driver who was happy to take us for 50baht. It's pretty scummy that some Thai people treat foreigners that way. Just expect you to be rolling in cash and willing to pay anything (I'm not saying we aren't rich compared to many of the people here but we're definitely not rolling in it), it's so racist and wouldn't be tolerated in a more civilized society. We rocked up ...
Land van de eeuwige glimlach :-)
... onderweg schitterend: talloze verschillende struiken en bomen met niet te vergeten veel bananenbomen, dicht beboste bergen... De dorpen, kleine stadjes onderweg waar we gestopt zijn, hebben veel kneuterige huisjes en we slapen zelf regelmatig in onze eigen bungalow op palen in de tuin (alleen de hangmat ontbreekt nog aan dit idyllische plaatje).
We hadden eigenlijk de hoop op een leuke trekking in de regio al opgegeven, toen we tegen een klein tourbureautje aanliepen ...
Steve of the Jungle
... about the situation, and when they get back to where they were going, I'm sure they'll have a pretty good story about finding an American in the jungle.
As for me, I stayed by the checkpoint for a few minutes and the soldier working the gate asked me if I spoke Thai, but I exhausted my three sentences pretty quickly. A bus came shortly after, and they let me on with no problem. A few miles down the road, I heard the sound of an elephant but thought it came ...
Scambodia, Spa Days and Ladyboy birthday parties
... and one night in Bangkok we headed to the locals bus station to get a bus to Khon Kaen, a North Eastern student city with absolutely no tourists but a great relaxed vibe. It would be a good stopover for a couple of days till I needed to go to Laos. Jack and Arthur accompanied me on the VIP bus which had armchairs for each person and cost half the price of the cramped tourist buses from Khoa San Road. See this blog is informative too.
We stayed at the Khon Kaen ...
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