I think that's hello in Thai?
We made it to Thailand today!!! We arrived by bus this afternoon to
the city of Trang!!!
We are about to partake in our first night market experience. We
already ate our first meal at a family run shop on the side of the
road and I can already tell I'm about to eat the best food of my life
for the next month!!!!
Pad Thai and curry here I come!!!!
More photos! Leaving tomorrow morning to Thailand. We'll definitely miss Malaysia after this great month!
When we were in Terengganu, we had rumor of a special local dish consisting of rice soaked in coconut milk, and a special fish curry.
We searched high and low for two days, and in the middle of a local fair, I came across a lovely grandma type women selling "something" at her little table stand, so I stopped and stared for a moment, and heard her say the magic words...DAGANG!
"Dagang?" I asked?
"DAGANG!" Was the very stern and slightly annoyed response. What else would it be silly tourist!
"How much?" (holding my fingers up, 1? 2? 3?)
Two finger held up in front of me...and then the adorable paper package, and plastic bag of curry were handed to me.
There was of course a moment of "SARAH! How are we going to eat this on the street?" But Sarah soon found a table worthy of our purchase, (probably meant for the street sellers...everyone else seems to take their food home with them) but my goodness! What incredible food!!! For .60 cents, it's hard to beat!
After the self-imposed no-post curfew, thanks to shaky news from Chile, it's time to post pics again.
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Lots and lots of things have happened, so many things, in varying degrees of importance, I don't know where to start!
- You may have heard, Chile had an earth quake. A big one. Luckily, Rodolfo's family is all ok, but it was a bit of a shock to hear about on a tranquil island in the middle of nowhere.
- Visa Hunting: Friday is a Sunday here in Malaysia. Everything closes...including the Thai Embassy. Where we thought a quick swoop in and out would suffice, it turned into a 3 day wait, so we traveled to Terengganu for the weekend to experience Keropok (deep fried fish sausauge) and some Malay Muslim culture - very cool
