Browse Day: January 11, 2006

a little perspective

OK. I just got back from lunch with Jes at Wahoo’s. We ordered the usual fish taco combo and a side salad, which came out to about 8 bucks for the two of us. I’d say this was a pretty cheap meal – that was until I went to Thailand.
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I couldn’t get over how cheap the food was there. I had breakfast that consisted of rice porridge with Chinese doughnuts and a cup of coffee for 12 bahts…uh, that’s about 30 cents. For lunch, I could have a bowl of noodles and a Coke for about 30 bahts…that would be about 75 cents. Dinner? Let’s go a little crazy…I’ll have a family-style meal consisting of fried fish, tom yum goong (spicy shrimp soup), papaya salad, rice, fried fish cakes, and a Singha beer for about 100 bahts/person…that’s $2.50. Can someone explain this to me?!

home sweet home

Our last days in Thailand were in Bangkok where the weather was really mild and much drier than usual. We spent much of our time shopping and eating before we had to leave the land of Tuk Tuks and Singha beer. Our flight home was really short, only 13 hours!
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I will post photos of the trip as soon as I find some time to sit down and sort through all 1400 photos (not counting my brother’s and dad’s). I can’t believe I’m at work already…luckily I was able to get some sleep on the plane and last night when we got back.