Day: The Fifteenth

I'm going to be really boring and say not much happened today other than a visit to a doctor to get some antibiotics for my eyes. The water and grit off the road didn't do them any favours. Doctors surgery efficient and modern, set up for people with money and very western.

There's a cafe (daytime)/bar (night) nearby that I have come to frequent. The two waitresses have been a great source of information about life in Thailand. They come from the north, around where April and I were, but a bit more west. Its a poor area, with difficult conditions on small farms and many of the children leave to find work in the south to help their families. One had a mother who was Kumpuchiean, escaped from Pol Pot. They politely don't notice my red gummy eyes, and in fact help me find the doctors.