Ubon Rachatani

So my next adventure really was a random adventure. My friend's maid's sister was getting married and invited my friend and told her to bring a friend. I rang at exactly the right time and was invited and the next minute I found myself in the back seat of a hilux with no room at all for a 9 hour night time drive up to Ubon Rachatani in the NE of Thailand! Worst trip of my life in that ute!! Anyways, at 4:30am we arrived and finally sleep. Somewhere along this trip I managed to eat something bad, and got my first dose of food poisoning since arriving in Thailand....great timing....throwing up in a really complete stranger's bathroom! So, got to experience a Thai rural medical clinic....interesting.....anyways, I recovered enough to keep going with the trip. But, Isaan is not the best place to recover from food poisoning, because everything is either chilli or sticky rice....two things I did not want to eat the day after being violently ill! So, if you are not eating chilli, what is the next best thing to do after being sick? Yes, exactly....GO FISHING! Luckily, I didnt have to participate, as this involved stripping down to your undies and swimming in a dirty dam and getting the fish out of the net with your hand. But lucky me, I did get to look at hte fish and smell them....



Then they cooked some fish for us to try. Actually tasted ok!




We went to see the fishing at someone's house. So we went back to the main house area for lunch....pots hanging out to dry




And chickens around the house....they kept coming hear us which was horrible because the mother was VERY protective and felt the need to attack....well you should control your children if you're afraid of us hurting them....because THEY are the one's who VOLUNTARILY came near US....some parents just don't know they're children at all and are completely dilluded....humans and chickens alike.....




Isaan lifestyle is so relaxed....for example

And lunch....I didn't eat with quite so much enthusiasm today which is a shame because it all looked so good.....fish soup, the smallest bottle of fish sauce I have ever seen, and sticky rice

And homemade fish larb

And homemade som tam....yuuuum!

Later in the day we took the ute to town...on the way we stopped for icecream because the icecream guy happened to be riding down the road....here is my coconut icecream in bread!

And here is town....not sure what this town was called....but it's not far from Ubon Rachatani

So, in the end, I missed the wedding because it was Tuesday night and I had to leave Tuesday morning for a Tuesday night engagement in Bangkok.....would you believe it!! Anyways, it was still worth going because the people were so nice, especially as I met most of them whilst throwing up in their bathroom....great introduction! Here's a family shot!!