Laurie's World

We were up at the crack of dawn, (ok maybe it wasn’t that bad compared to the day we went to Ayuttaya) to meet MR Sawang so he could take us to the floating market and Kanchanaburi. He remembered us even though I think it has been 2 years since we called him. He still has the same SUV, so we rode in air conditioned comfort the whole way. The first thing he put on the radio was Gangnum Style. Not sure about the spelling, but I am pretty sure he was trying to be hip for Erica : ))

I always find the children here so beautiful…here is the family that runs/works at the place where we caught the long tail boat that would take us to the floating market.

Me taking a picture of them taking a picture of us so they can put it on a tacky little plate and sell it back to us….such is the way here!

Some views from the ride and the market. I must say it was not nearly as crazy busy as 2009 when we were here last. Not sure why that is, or if it was because we were 1 hour later? But it was still great!

Always in the market for Mano and sticky rice, it was super hi on my list of acquisitions for this market! And the planets aligned so that I could get my fix!

Thinking that my friend Oy will be very impressed when I tell her I was able to get out enough coherent Thai to ask our boat driver to find us some Tom Yum soup. Miss Erica had a craving for some Tom Yum and the market seemed like a great place to get some good spicy (ya that girl likes her food SPICY!!!) Tom Yum soup. And since everyone indulged my need for mango sticky rice….I thought the least I could do was try to explain that much to the driver. He must have understood me, bcz he turned around and went back to the market and got us (Troy and Erica) some soup! And then Troy was complimented on HIS Thai by the soup guy…so all in all, this was very good reflection on our Thai teacher, Oy.

So the next big thing was to get back in the SUV with Mr Sawang, and head to Kanchanaburi. I really love Kanchanaburi!! This will be our third time out there….I think on a future trip, we will stay here again…anyway, one of the things we live to do is take the train out to Nam Tok and see the waterfalls. The train ride itself is a very nice thing to do. I noticed this sign in our area of the train, wondering if I am in fact TOO special for this cabin(et) as we paid 250 baht for our tickets. Just shows that even all these years later, we still get hoodwinked every so often. i hope the kick back went to Mr Sawang though as we know and like him!

The train is old and rickety, but relaxing none the less and what we have come to appreciate as the high lite of the ride is the donut vendor! I was starting to get nervous that I has spent 3,500 baht to get myself on this train to get a donut that may not appear. Erica managed to get this anxiety filled photo of me once we spotted our guy and while I was waiting for him to come down the aisle of the train. I guess if I had to say what my biggest concern was, it may have been that he was going to sell out of these little 10 baht joys before he got to us!

But look at this….can you blame me for being a tiny bit excited!! I refuse to be mocked for clutching my little money purse and keeping an eye out!

And then we have this one…..hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

The train trip ended up with us getting to the Sai Yok Noi waterfalls! Just as beautiful as we remembered…so happy to be able to share this little spot with Erica!

Now Miss Erica takes after her Mom and has a tremendous soft spot for animals….there is some significant chance she may try to smuggle one (or 20) in her bags home…so we will be on hi alert for that! Anyway….most of the cats and dogs wandering around here don’t really phase me particularly, but this little one caught my attention….and Erica’s heart strings!!! It was only about 4 inches long…just a very new kitten!

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