Silly monkey.

So this is what I get for not picking up a case for my Kindle prior to departing the ol' US. Somethings just aren't as easy to find in Thailand.  But it's cool - I dig my shiny red pleather Kindle purse, even if it was made for a Galaxy... don't hate.

Not the best shot but a small taste of my new gym.

Those crazy students - aren't they creative?  I wonder if they used it to get around town during the flood.  I gotta ask next time.

 

Here's a few of my M6 students practicing a little jig because they're cool like that.

Ahh...pongali.  Still my fave.  And no, this isn't ALL that I eat.  It's just I rarely have my camera when ever I order the chimichangas or bavarian pot roast

Not a bad sunset from my back balcony.

Damn that looks good!

An old favorite - Tom Yum Goong  *6 mighty shrimp lurking beneath that flavorful surface.

A new fave - Gai Pad Pongali *chicken and veggies in this...dry curry sauce.  Ridiculously satisfying.

Back in black.

Why's it 'back in black' you ask?  Because.  That's why.  A few days behind me and this is the jist of my Thai experience - round two... food and flood scars.  Let's keep it positive.

Oh man - cheap food with all the quality.  Pad khapao gai - kai dao *Chicken, basil, rice and fried egg.

                            

That's the 'flood line' on the wall just outside my apartment.

You can see that same 'flood line' on anything that stood above the water - walls, telephone polls, sadly...even the ruins.  You can see the shell of the 7/11 across the street.  The windows were blown out from the water pressure.

More evidence of that ominous brown marker around town - it's as if Buddha just smeared his arse sideways all across the town.  Oh, also evidence of how the Thais carpool - I think there's room for at least one more.

Let's end this on a good note - 2nd lunch.  This was an unexpected as a friend swooped me up just as I was finishing 1st lunch for a trip to the market which ended up exploring this new eatery.  Ridiculously deliciously spiced pork laab, some beef stew that I forgot the name of, deep fried pork fat, and jungle soup (which is supposedly everything that is grown in the immediate area thrown into a moderately spiced broth - delicious but I had to throw in the towel at some point)