We woke up today at 7am to a gentleman yelling into a microphone which was attached to speakers right outside our window...very pleasant, indeed. Yes, all over Nong Khai people are yelling into microphones and singing songs to celebrate the children (apparently the actual holiday is today, but we observed it yesterday at school.) So at 7:01am we look out the window to see about 5 people sitting in chairs about 15 feet away from the individual with the microphone...why they need speakers which could be used at a U2 concert, we do not know.
We went to our local coffeeshop, run by an Austrian man, for breakfast and on the television was FOX NEWS and Bill O'Reilly talking with Angela Alioto...very funny, half a world away and this is the impartial "American News" they receive.
We biked over to a Wat ("temple") in our town today (we will post pictures when we get to a computer that is able to do so.) It was beautifully decorated. Julie gave some offerings to the Buddha and looked like a regular.
We are off to a birthday party for a Thai coordinator for Travel to Teach. The party is at his parent's house, so it will be nice to have a home cooked meal...just like home with Pad Thai, right mom? ok, over and out.
Pics: This is a photo of Julie during our Thai cooking class on our balcony (no stove or oven in the dorm kitchen we use a gas burner, think camping!). She was making Red Thai Curry, really good but very spicy. Then there is Julie biking down the MeKong River. A photo of us doing our best at Karoke, a Thai favorite past time at one of our Thai coordinators parent's house! And the last photo is of me with Lotta and Katrain our two Belgium friends drinking cokes out of a bag and straw (they keep the bottles for the rebates!).
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