tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27330938.post-1164883937143976572006-11-30T17:31:00.000+07:002006-11-30T17:56:21.653+07:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Jessica and I made a girltrip together.</span> </span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">It was great and adventurous from the start. Took an overnight train from </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:city><st1:place><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Bangkok</span></st1:place></st1:city></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> to Nong Khai, there was a guy got stabbed on the train and collapsed nearby our seats. All went well at the end. Then, two snakes came under our table while sipping Beer Lao on the </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="" lang="EN-GB">MaeKhong</span></st1:placename><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="" lang="EN-GB">River</span></st1:placetype></st1:place></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">’s bank. Umm...what was next? Local minor bike crash nearby the hotel... That was enough to make out the three before all the good things would start.<br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6608/2875/1600/119835/P1010508.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6608/2875/200/583022/P1010508.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Beer Lao everywhere<br /><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6608/2875/1600/443096/P1010577.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6608/2875/200/917578/P1010577.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>At the Joma Bakery<br /><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6608/2875/1600/605798/P1010544.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6608/2875/200/532329/P1010544.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>On a local jumbo<br /><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6608/2875/1600/302347/P1010500.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6608/2875/200/905815/P1010500.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Great local drink??<br /><br /></div><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Thanks for the good company. Biking around the city and got lost, chilling in cafes and read for hours, teaching Jessica some Thai lessons for "he's eating white rice on a hill", prooving the locals that I'm not japanese (almost have to sing the Thai national anthem!), divining with a meditation session & local herbal sauna &amp; Lao massage in the Forest Temple, etc...<br /><br />If you go there, don't miss the banana shake and french baguette sandwich.<br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">life of Jess Tansutat</div>rabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07702934629406200344noreply@blogger.com