Snakes, cooking and floating restaurants.

We have recently been given two electric woks so that we can cook our own food, we were delighted by this and immediately went to the market and bought some already cooked food that we didn't have to cook, for a lower price than the ingredients.
The first time we used the woks was last night, I got some eggs and bread from Tesco, and I was really tired, after a long day so decided that eggy bread would go down nicely. Ooh it was lovely!
We also made pancakes today and they were very nice, having a mixture of sweet and savoury. However, all was not well when I accidentally dropped half a pack of sugar onto my pancake as it was still cooking. It wasn't a disaster as I was left with a hard, caramelised pancake, that I have yet to finish.

On Thursday night, Mrs Brayung took us to Ubon to book our plane tickets. We then found that it was more expensive than we thought, so decided to get a bus to Chaing Mai instead. Before heading to the bus station, we went to the mall to buy some of Lucie's cakes. She was re-stocking her cakes when we arrived and chatted to her for a while, as Mrs Brayung perused the aisles.

The bus tickets are booked and the excitement is building for Chaing Mai. One of my main worries is money as Chaing Mai is much more expensive than where we are living at the moment as it is a tourist hotspot. So I might find myself on the streets begging for food, or on the phone home asking for money.

I was awoken quite abruptly by David the other morning as he had apparently found a snake on the stair case. He was quite panicked and I was a bit confused and not fully awake. It had disappeared before I had time to see it, so either the snake made a quick escape, or David is going mad. I hope it's the first option of the two.

We met up with Robyn and Claire again in Ubon yesterday and went to have a look at the river which runs through Ubon, it is pretty impressive, but is spoilt by the colour, which is similar to the water in Morecambe bay. We found a floating restaurant and had some difficulty in ordering food. Collectively we managed to get rice each, and three dishes, one fish, and two chicken. They were delicious and most importantly left us with only a tingling on our lips, as opposed to the burning left by most food served in Thailand.

We then squeezed into a tuk-tuk and went to Sunee Tower, to go to the cinema. We found a couple of English films and decided to watch Ted. It was hilarious, I Loved it! And the caramel flavoured popcorn was delicious.

Yesterday was all in all a good day, one of my favourite points being Davids face after he bought an electric keyboard. However, there were two things that put a bit of a downer on it. The first is when I lost my hat. As we were travelling to Sunee Tower, the wind picked up and took it off my head and onto the road behind us. Don't worry, I bought a new one this morning!
Secondly, David is a very enthusiastic keyboard player and even though he is very good, he stamps his feet against the floorboards and really thumps the keys, which makes it rather difficult to read, no matter where you are in the house.

Today has been very nice and relaxed and we have had another clean and been planning for our lessons this week. A gecko just excreted on my foot, just as I was writing this.

Only in Thailand!

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