Every morning I go downstairs and hang out with Tong.
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| This globe is particularly scary for Tong |
And no day would be complete without a stop to the
Keang Ba' Cafe. Today we made a donation of toothbrushes, toothpaste, and bars of soap here that would be taken to residents of the flooded areas of the city.
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| She sold us her sticky rice treats wrapped in banana leaf, and she's such a sweetheart :D |
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| Pink eggs... not sure what the difference is on the inside. I'll let you know when I find out. |
We ended up walking around parts of Lopburi that we hadn't seen before. I felt like I got a much more raw and indigenous view of the city and its wonderful people. Lots of flooded areas which was really sad to see, but the residents seem to take it in stride, and go about their business.
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| Upon leaving this area, and older woman popped her head out a second story window of this building and happily greeted me! |
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| Temporary housing for those evacuated from their homes just outside of a community center |
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| The King |
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| The people under the awning were sharing a bottle of whiskey, and the duck coming towards us is a paddle boat. Given the difficult conditions, this is truly the "land of smiles" |
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| No accidents yet on this construction site yet! |
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| Amazing Thai necklace for the equivalent of 6 USD... you know I'm in love. |
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During our roam around town we happened to catch a part of a Thai military funeral with some traditional music and dance performance.
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| The casket is inside the shrine |
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| Not sure whether she was making fishing nets or hammocks... |
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| Ling stick - don't leave home without it. |
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| Delicious-smelling BBQ by the river. |
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| Ice cream truck! |
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| When life hands you lots and lots of water, go fishing. |
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| This house was meant for floating. It was tied to the dock like a row boat would be. |
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| The kids really seemed to enjoy certain parts of the flooding experience |
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| Live eels |
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| Dead cockroaches |
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| Beautiful prayer wreaths |
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| Seaweed flavored Lays chips |
Then we head back to the Keang Ba' for a beer. We're starting to make some good friends here :D
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| The best thing on a hot day in Thailand |
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| 7-11's are popular and abundant. I bought these earrings at the night market a few days ago because they are awesome and hilarious. |
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| It might be hard to tell, but this girl had 7-11 earrings too. We were both pretty excited about that. But we hear from the Keang Ba' staff that this chick is a little crazy and huffs fumes of sorts. I didn't know that at the time of the picture. |
Had to stop by the night market for deep-fried meat on sticks and coffee.
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| Iced lattes with to-go handles are waaay awesome. Thanks night market for being badass. |
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Their graffiti is so much sillier than ours
ReplyDeletewutufu is a ling stick?
I think it was more like a mural... it was on the wall of the community center. Now that I think about it, I don't remember having seen any graffiti here.
ReplyDeleteIt's a stick to shoo away monkeys that might leap upon your person to snatch anything you might have in your hands. Ling = monkey. I was like, "Aw, cute" until one tried to get in my purse, and another almost fully straddled my neck when I was leaning against a wall.