One Night In Ayutthaya

Kanchanaburi, Thailand
5pm

That was quite possibly the most randomly awesome night we've ever had. After our swim at the Grand Hotel, we got Glen and his mate Jason to drop us off back at Malakor to meet Pui. We had some more dindins and drinks, then chuffled off to find some dessert at a night market. We tried the thai dessert of coconut ice cream, I mixed mine with sweet pineapple, delicious! But the best bit was what I like to call the Babar moment. I'm scoffing down my second bowl and a goddamn ELEPHANT walks up to us! A random night market, eating ice cream, and an ELEPHANT shows up beside the table! So awesome. We paid 20baht for some sugar cane to feed the cute little critter (it was a baby). Soooo cute! I'll chuck a photo up here of it the next time I'm on.

After the Babar moment, we went off to a bar outside of the touristy areas that Pui likes. It was called Song-Mai. Drew and I had a WTF moment while we were there. We tried to get our heads around how random chance it was: sitting in a random bar off the highway in Ayutthaya in Thailand, with a local guy we met yesterday, drinking Johnnie Walker Red whiskey, listening to a random Thai cover band, sitting there in thongs and boardies while all around us Thai people are dressed up and partying. The only farang in the place! We very uber-fortunate. Plus, we were back drinking whiskey...which in hindsight I resolve to never do again.

There were a lot of beautiful women there; it was like a normal night club, except instead of a dance floor there were tables and chairs like a restaurant. People sat/drank/danced at their tables. It was a new club, and had table service. The music alternated between a live band (1hr+ set) at one end of the room and a DJ at the other end. Towards the end of the night there were some dancers/thrusters/grinders/whathaveyou up on the stage, and they were GORGEOUS. Like the tourists we are, we got up there with them and took photos.

After the club we went to another roadside stall where Pui bought more beer. Even though we insisted that after two bottles of hooch, we were ready to pass out, nothing could hold the big dugong down. Drew's line of the night at 3am.
"Congratulations Pui, you've managed to outdrink three Australians. Well done. Can I sleep now?"

Crashed back at Pui's house, nice little place. Karma has been awfully nice to us on this trip; at the bus stop, instead of a crappy bus to Saphanburi (the stopover before Kanchanaburi) we scored a new comfy one. That's the latest in a series of fortunate events for us, so we must have pleased somebody somewhere by doing something.

We said our goodbyes to Pui and tracked down Mr. Yod to say bye as well. Its really weird how comfortable and welcome we feel over here; its almost like every town starts to feel a little bit like home. And it's the people that make us feel so welcome! An excellent country.

Currently in Kanchanaburi after 4 hours of quite possibly the two most boring bus trips ever. We're about to go have dindins and scope out the nightlife, but we have to wait til 5.30 for the restaurant we want to eat at to open. Touristy stuff tomorrow (Hellfire pass, Bridge over the River Kwai, all that). The River Kwai, by the way, looks exactly like every other river in the world. I was expecting something more befitting it's reputation!