After a weekend tour of all of the guest houses in town, we chose one of the nicest ones, with A/C, hot shower, refrigerator, TV, and a very comfortable bed (well, actually two beds that we had to push together). I almost feel guilty about how posh our accommodations are, but of course the room is still quite cheap by Western standards. We also thought the A/C would be nice once the mercury starts regularly blowing past 40° in April.
It also only took us a few days to become regulars at a couple of local restaurants. One is a small shop selling fresh Thai papaya salads (som-tam thai). We like ours “hot,” which is the highest on their spice scale, and served with sticky rice. They also make a delicious som-tam fruit salad. The other restaurant we’ve been frequenting is a brand new place near our guest house, with very high quality classic Thai dishes. It’s like our local version of Jamjuree, which we frequented almost as often in Seattle.
It’s a small town, but I think we’ll do all right. We just started our NGO assignments today; more about those soon.
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