Relaxing day

Been on the go for several days, and needed a down day today. And to top it off my right ear is swollen shut and painful. And Susan broke a toe (again!).

So hung out in a fun place with a good book and enjoyed the pouring rain - picked a good down day. Am currently reading Mosquito Coast - am gonna have to see the movie again - the father is nuts! Picked up this book from my sis - books are hard to get here. Well, that's not entirely accurate. You can get loads of books - all nicely wrapped in plastic. Thought it was to keep the dust out - isn't that nice? Nope. Turns out that the books here have a nice color cover, but the pages inside are all photocopied - so the text might read in a slant across the page! Not sure that I could even get a blank bound book for that cheap in the states. Incredible. Once you get used to the fact that everything, and I mean everything here is "fake" the ingenuity of these fakers is rather remarkable.

Been enjoying the night markets - it's a nice time to be out and about and mingle with the locals and other farang. Almost time for dinner and then the overnight train.