January 8th and 9th I went to visit some friends of mine in Supanburi, a small town just east of where I live. The night before my friend Kristin came to visit and we went out in the city of Nakom Pathom near the University for a friend’s birthday. To tell you the truth, this was the first time I have ever been there, even though it’s the closest city to where I live. We went out to this bar and of course we were the only foreigners there, it was fun. When we tried to get a cab at 1 am, however, it was not so fun. There were no cabs to be found. A guy on a scooter even stopped to ask us where we were going and told us that cabs didn’t run at this time. This was the first time I have never seen a hundred cabs going by, especially in a city! While Lizzie went off with the scooter guy to try and call one from a hotel, Eric and I stood on the corner. FINALLY he spotted one across the street that amazingly happened to be empty too. We flagged him down and called Lizzie to come meet us. Close call, I really had almost thought we’d be stuck there for the night.
The next morning Kristin and I headed out and caught a bus at about 11. Half an hour later our friends Zach and Andy, who were also headed to Supanburi for the weekend got on the same bus. Even in the air conditioning it was hot and the ride was slow, but finally we made it. We went straight to the soccer stadium where there was a match between Saraburi, a town close by. Since there are other teachers working there they all came to support their team. It ended up being quite a crowd or “farang” (foreigners) in the stands, something I don’t think happens to often at these games, especially when we are dancing on the chairs and trying to sing along with the Thai cheers. We all ended up cheering for Saraburi because they were more fun. They ended up loosing, but everyone had a really great time. I wouldn’t be surprised if we made it into the local newspaper J
After the game we all were invited to an Australian teacher’s house. There was a little shed out back and we grilled food, had salad, and plenty of beer. Some of the guys even constructed a table out of a clothes drying rack and some cardboard to play beer pong on. It was so much fun to connect with people again and act silly. Later we walked to the main road and got 2 tuk tuks to take us to the teacher’s apartment. Just imagine about 15 people in 2 tuk tuks riding down the street at 1 am… it
was quite a spectacle. Some people decided to go
out to the bars later, but I and some other (those who lived there and knew there would be nothing going on at that time) stayed in. Since there were 4 rooms, about 3-4 people crashed in each bed and the others on random floors. Later we were woken up by Katrina, (there is another Katrina in my program!) coming into the room. She had gauze on her face and a scrape on her nose. Apparently TJ had been carrying her on his back, tripped, and she met the sidewalk, then the hospital. She came back with 3 stitches in her face! Things are never dull around here that’s all I can say.
out to the bars later, but I and some other (those who lived there and knew there would be nothing going on at that time) stayed in. Since there were 4 rooms, about 3-4 people crashed in each bed and the others on random floors. Later we were woken up by Katrina, (there is another Katrina in my program!) coming into the room. She had gauze on her face and a scrape on her nose. Apparently TJ had been carrying her on his back, tripped, and she met the sidewalk, then the hospital. She came back with 3 stitches in her face! Things are never dull around here that’s all I can say.
The next morning we were all feeling groggy and went out in search of food. We went to this little place to get Pad Thai that was a well known by my friends who live there. It was a beautiful sunny day and I was not looking forward to the bus ride, but I did want to get home so we headed out. The rest of the evening was spent in bed and doing laundry.
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