Bureerum

Bureerum, not a mixed drink, it's a small village in northern Thailand you probably won't find on a map.

An took me to meet some friends of hers in Bureerum, a great trip to a little town in the Isaan countryside. We hopped a few buses and met her friend Jak and her adorable three-year-old daughter Namfon. The four of us rode the over sized tuk-tuk into Bureerum and met the friends where I was given the standard tests. Can the farang speak Thai and can it eat spicy food... Well, I must have passed both tests because they decided to buy me beer and let me sleep in their home.

It was a rather cool afternoon of 39 degree Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit). We piled into the back of the pickup and went to the river for swimming - probably because I was just sitting there sweating. Floating around on inner tubes on a river was heaven for this farang. What a lovely afternoon eating food in the shade along the river and swimming.





Dinner was it's own adventure. Ant egg soup. But that's a different blog entry...