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Skriven 2014-01-28 23:28:22 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 9146 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: travels 98
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 25 Jan 14  13:28:00 <=-

 ML>> I particularly liked and would have enjoyed
 ML>> experimenting with a big pile of offal - kidneys, hearts, livers,
 ML>> and skin - that was sitting there with nobody even here in this
 ML>> city with a substantial poor population taking a look.
 NB>> Except for the travel companion who wouldn't have enjoyed the
 NB>> experiment, sigh...
 ML>> Clearly this was reality, neither pleasant nor picturesque, but
 ML>> a slice of life. We didn't buy anything.
 NB>> Only observed...  
 ML> We don't go off traveling to live the local life
 ML> fully, but rather to live our life fully.

Good point.  :)
 
 ML>> I got a knit hat for 100B. It had been quoted as 120, but after
 ML>> some hesitation on my part, the hawker cut the 20. I bet the
 ML>> going rate for natives would be 50 or 75, but I can't find my
 ML>> knit hat, and it'll be cold when I get back to the Northeast.
 ML>> Anyhow, 100 is the size of the commonest bill.
 NB>> Not a bad deal....
 ML> Three bucks flat, okay by me I suppose.

And a usable souvenir of the trip...  ;)

 ML>> the elections. Luckily we're supposed just to be changing
 ML>> planes in Bangkok and can hope that the unrest doesn't disrupt
 ML>> that. Up north it seems that things will be more tranquil.
 NB>> One can hope....  :)
 ML> We're in Bangkok right now, and everything looks reasonably
 ML> peaceful. Of course it's a weekend here so nobody is doing much.

Good timing... :)

 ML>> Steri-Pens (portable ultraviolet water purifiers)
 ML>> and I used it a time or two just in case.
 NB>> Probably a wise decision...  :)
 ML> We used it only once there and not at all in Thailand,
 ML> where the hotels were luxurious enough that Lilli forgot
 ML> and started drinking the tap water. Even with her relatively
 ML> delicate digestion, she was okay.

A pretty good indicator of potability, I'd say...  :)

I tried out a new-to-me restaurant today... one of my friend Deb's
favorite quick-eats places...  Ming's Noodles... I'll be going back
there definitely... good place... next visit I'll probably take you
there... We shared a bowl of tom yum noodle beef soup which was
wonderful... she said the chunks of beef (complete with bits of melt-in-
your-mouth fatty tendons) reminded her of the 5-spice beef she used to
have as a child.  We also shared a lunch special basil squid (rings, not
tentacles, sigh), which was very good, with pork fried rice (forgot to
ask for steamed), and had leftovers (including an egg roll) to take home
to Richard... he pronounced the egg roll better than most he's had.. 
Lots more intriguing things on the menu... as one might guess, there's
an emphasis on noodle dishes and soups, also on interesting rice dish
variants... along with Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese dishes... She got a
mango salad to take home with her for supper tonight...  :)

ttyl        neb

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