After the wedding and ceremony at the school, we drove back to Khon Kaen. We changed our clothes and took off to explore the city a bit. As with other places that we have visited in Thailand, the people were very nice. Khon Kaen was a much bigger city than I anticipated; it has a population of about 100,000. We found a fun restaurant to have dinner and made a new Australian friend. After that, we were off to the night market. Honestly, this was like an episode of Anthony Bourdain! We debated trying some fried insects, but let's just say that I don't consider myself to be too weak-hearted, but this was one of those times in life where being an observer was just fine!
Saturday morning gave us some time on our own, so we explored a bit more. The City Temple was close by, as well as a mall. The mall was very modern and a fun place to do a compare and contrast. Here's a few shots from around the city:
We went to the wedding reception Saturday night. It was done in more a Western style. The food was Thai, though, and it was really delicious. Chris didn't even sit with us - he opted to sit with his new Thai friends! We had to laugh at one point when we glanced over to the kids' table and saw them all raising their glasses of Coke and clinking them. Some things are universal!
Sunday afternoon we left Khon Kaen by car with our friends. We drove about an hour and a half back to Udon Thani. From there, we hopped on a plane to Phuket, getting in about 9pm. We spent Monday on a boat with our friends, seeing the MOST beautiful islands (including the island in the James Bond movie "Man With a Golden Gun"). Needless to say, I have hundreds of pictures! I'll share them with you later...the sun is swinging our way and calling me to play! ;)
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