Nong Khai....finally!

Day 34

Woke up….damn it was hot last night. Jumped on the bus and went to a Cal Poly Alumni’s village he lives in now. Been there 20 years with a thai wife and 3 kids. It was the Esan village. Very cool and got to do a scavenger hunt in order to get to know people. Very fun and got a hole bunch of fruit off the trees. Uie was our guide. Very nice lady. Lunch…..finally bugs!!! Snail, beetles, ants, ant larva, papaya salad, water buffalo skin, sticky rice, mango, rice cakes, chicken, and fish…….Ant larva was no joke probably the best. The fruit we got from the locals…..3 type of mangos, Lyche, fresh tamerin, starfruit, little cherries, little green sour things, long green bean, tomatoes, and ….. some other stuff. Of course….awesome. Come back and now I’m just typin’ this and should start studying for midterms tomorrow. I forgot that we had a huge welcoming party for us at the school. So at 6pm, we went down to school and got a nice barbeque style dinner. Chicken, sticky rice, fresh fruit, everything good. Then we played games (snake eating tail, tiger eating cow, and stupid American games.). After came back and studied, and then a group of us went out for an hour or so to see the town before we went to bed.

Day 35

Wednesday….went to class and took a midterm. Ouch. Hopefully that turns out better that I feel about it. Came back and rented some bicycles. Rode to the Tesco Lotus. Ended up being more of a shopping mall than a supermarket. Crazy insane. There was actually a Wal-Mart type thing inside. Anyways, we got some beer, but the funny thing is that in Thailand you can’t buy beer from 2pm-5pm. We got to the register at around 4:57pm….we had to wait three minutes to buy it because they couldn’t have the records on the cash register! So that was entertaining. Came back and ate dinner and just hung out under the cabaña.

Day 36

Went to class again and had another midterm. I think that one went better. Came back and went to a Vietnamese restaurant that was pretty good with amazing service. All of the waiters and waitresses just sat there watching you which was totally awkward. You would take a drink of water or soda and by the time it hit the table, they were filling it back up for you. Good thing we weren’t drinkin’ booze. Might be an awful deep glass;) Came back and had a few beers and played the guitar with Randy. I was Carrie’s birthday, so I played here happy birthday on the git. Went out with some of the the guys and the nursing students at the college with us. Came home and hit the sack…I was shot and we leave at 8am to Lao tomorrow!!

written by  Matt Eastlick on May 4, 2009 from Nong Khai, Thailand
from the travel blog: Thailand Study Abroad
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