Longtail Boat

We traveled yesterday by longtail on the Mae Kok River (May Coke). There was another couple from Oregon onboard. They have been in the Peace Corp. for the last two years and are traveling on their way home. They were serving in Bulgaria and say that Thailand has a better infrastucture than Bulgaria. It is quite nice here.

We are in a place called, "My Dream". It is owned by a young family of the Karen Tribe. Our rent per night is $6.75. King sized bed, hot shower, and fan. The bathrooms here are an efficient affair; toilet, shower, and sink all in one tiled room. It has been the same in every place we've stayed.

While I was writing the Happy Birthday post the other night, Scott had the kids and they were walking down the street to kill time. I was working away and looked out the door of the video shop just as Scott and Phoebe were walking by on the other side of the street. NO TY! I jumped up and ran out of the shop with no explanation to the proprietor. "Where's Ty?" He was out on a "motorbike" ride with the lady we had do our laundry ealier. Entire families ride motorbike together. As you can see here, it was the mom and two of her daughters + Ty. Wow. Sometimes you see 5 people on one motorcycle. Babies, toddlers, it's crazy. They stopped off to buy candy. This woman was sooooo nice.