Khon kean
We have made it to Khon Kean. It is a bustling city - Thai style. In Thailand there seem to be less "slum areas". This does not mean there is not a lot of poverty. But big gated homes and nice residential blocks are built next to wooden huts.
Modern design firms, who have made over their buildings top to toe Western-style, sit next to dusty, dark shops selling prints of the King or laundry shops, stores selling odds and ends or places that look like they may be selling something but you are not sure what.
There are funky bars and restaurants here, many surrounding a large lake, but also the ubiqitous street vendors. The food is always very good from the vendors, the problem is you don't always know what dishes they are serving up from their mini restaurants and so you have to guess or go with the flow.
The streets of this town are busy with mopeds, cars and samlaws, tuk tuks and rikshaws and the occasional elephant strolling around. However this sadly seems to be for the benefit of the few falangs we see - although most seem to be of the older western men with young thai girl variety.
Today we found western-style breakfast which made us very happy - just for the novelty of something other than rice and noodles. French toast and bacon for me and club sandwich and fries for Natalie... calorie fest!
We have walked the neighbourhoods of Khon Kean a lot today and seen the markets and shopping centre though I have been markedly restrained I feel and just bought some CDs to burn my photos (having trouble uploading them to net anywhere) and razors. exciting eh.
Very bizarre to go into Boots store and see British products. Or Worcestershire sauce come all the way from Lea and Perrins just a few miles from home. Or Walls ice cream all the way from Gloucester! I should think...
Modern design firms, who have made over their buildings top to toe Western-style, sit next to dusty, dark shops selling prints of the King or laundry shops, stores selling odds and ends or places that look like they may be selling something but you are not sure what.
There are funky bars and restaurants here, many surrounding a large lake, but also the ubiqitous street vendors. The food is always very good from the vendors, the problem is you don't always know what dishes they are serving up from their mini restaurants and so you have to guess or go with the flow.
The streets of this town are busy with mopeds, cars and samlaws, tuk tuks and rikshaws and the occasional elephant strolling around. However this sadly seems to be for the benefit of the few falangs we see - although most seem to be of the older western men with young thai girl variety.
Today we found western-style breakfast which made us very happy - just for the novelty of something other than rice and noodles. French toast and bacon for me and club sandwich and fries for Natalie... calorie fest!
We have walked the neighbourhoods of Khon Kean a lot today and seen the markets and shopping centre though I have been markedly restrained I feel and just bought some CDs to burn my photos (having trouble uploading them to net anywhere) and razors. exciting eh.
Very bizarre to go into Boots store and see British products. Or Worcestershire sauce come all the way from Lea and Perrins just a few miles from home. Or Walls ice cream all the way from Gloucester! I should think...
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