JR i stationed 50 or so clicks north of Bangkok in a town called Saraburi, its roughly 1 hour by bus from BKK. The vibe is very much a relaxing one, despite the presence of a 5 month old baby! It is obligatory to take a nap at some point in the day, which is fine by me, and there is also an abundance of quality thai food due to the family running a restaurant/snack bar at the end of the drive-way!

Highlights of this week include being served buns by a ladyboy, aged 50 odd, in Tesco Lotus; a 2 day trip to Bangkok to sample the Khao San Road and the Grand Palace; and most importantly my new found fame as the Nick Berry of Saraburi, I feel obliged to discuss the last point in detail. As Saraburi isn't on the tourist trail so farangs are a novelty item. When I arrived there was a welcoming party of a few local young ladies, one of whom, Nue, has taken a bit of a fancy to me and has brought me rice cakes, offered to teach me Thai and has said that I am 'very handsome' - to be fair to Nue, she fancied my brother when he turned up and also some other doctors that were in town but she clearly has immaculate taste in men.

So the plan is to chill out until Wednesday as my parents have just arrived for a fortnight stay, then meeting up with Rob in Bangkok followed by some Full Moon fun on Ko Pha Ngan until 12th April.

x

written by  Michael Russell on March 27, 2009 from Sara Buri, Thailand
from the travel blog: Escape from Blighty
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