Day 86: Nov. 29th: New Flavors.

This morning we went to the market for breakfast. As you well know, dear reader, we love markets. And as usual, this one was completely different from any other market we've been to. This market was filled with more unidentifiable foods than I've ever seen before. We experimented with fruits and cakes that looked interesting, sometimes successfully, and sometimes to the detriment of our appetite. Not in a good way. (We started the morning with what looked like a glazed donut hole on the outside but was in fact filled with an onion garlic bread mixture on the inside. Very interesting indeed.) Karla was especially pleased that she got her fill of fresh fruit though (pineapple to be exact).

Luckily we made it back to Katie's with our stomachs intact, and entertained ourselves with more laundry and playing around on the internet (a novelty!) for a bit while Katie had to work. Getting hungry, Karla and I went out for pad thai, then decided we might as well get another Thai massage while we're here and waiting around (they are so cheap! And we couldn't get back into the apartment until Katie got back). Alicia's was much more like a deep-tissue massage this time, but both were ultimately successful.

We got back to Katie's in time to head back out with her and a few of her friends to a nearby city called Kanchanaburi for a festival dedicated to the bridge over the River Kwai. We walked through (and ate dinner at) a little street fair before going to the Sound and Light show. Like you do. What is it with these countries and their Sound and Light shows? (Egypt, India...)

This show was very cool, despite the fact that it was narrated in Thai and we had to totally guess the story based on what we already knew and the sound effects. But it was interesting nonetheless: it was about WWII and the construction of the bridge (from what we gathered). Katie and Alicia really got a kick out of the end of the show in which the Japanese and Thai characters stop being at odds and dance around, waving flags of many nations. And then the first song to be played over the loudspeaker after the conclusion which was 'My Heart Will Go On'. Appropriate. And we were the only ones who were able to sing along. We're heading to bed now (back in Suphanburi), but will return to Kanchanburi tomorrow to go to the Tiger Temple! Where we get to (apparently) pet tigers. Don't worry, we won't let them claw/eat us.

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