Thailand is always surprising me with new things. Yesterday, I ate the strangest thing - actually I had one for breakfast today as well. One of the parents brought this "thai delicacy" in for the staff. It was a green flavoured? tortilla with sesame seeds, and you fill it with what looks and feels like hair... yes... hair that would be on a person's head.... but it tastes like cotton candy. Anyway, you wrap this hair in this tortilla.... and get a mad sugar rush. Strange... and it actually feels like you are eating hair.
I also witnessed yesterday, something absolutely disgusting... so I thought I would share. As I was riding the motorbike (more on that later) we drove past a man who had pulled over to the side of the road... residential street... to go to the bathroom. I relayed this to some friends later who comforted me by saying that is completely normal and I should just get used to it.
I received very funny looks on my motorbike yesterday - but perhaps that was because I opted to take a motorbike to the hospital and it is an odd way to arrive there. (no - there was no knife through my finger, and no blood... just a regular check up). But honestly, I arrived at the hospital in about 5 minutes and it would have taken at least 30 minutes in a regular taxi, thanks to the motorbike who (mom, dad, don't read this part) weaves in and out of traffic to get where you are going at the fastest possible speed.
We had our staff party last night at a German Beer Brewery. This huge place that basically brings a keg to your table and you just keep going. It was all in good fun. There were great performers on stage - including one from a lovely thai man dressed in drag. Quite hilarious.
So... I'm off this weekend to Koh Samet... I need some beach time before going to chilly Canada. And we have a long weekend! Can't think of a better way to spend it.
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