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I thought I'd avoided it

Unfortunately it's difficult when travelling on public transport to avoid the lurgy. It is also 'winter'. George has had it for a week, and this morning I came down with it.  Luckily with my Girl Guide skills I'd already packed a medical pouch for most ailments.  Yesterday we moved on from Udon Thani to Salon Nakhon by bus.  On arrival at Udon station, the local bus staff were very excited to see the only foreigners. They even took a photo of us before we boarded the bus.  Sakon Nakhon is a spread out city that is more traditional and less trodden than other tourists routes.  So there's not really a lot to do. Lucky for me as the one day we are here, I've spent in bed. I'm dosing up so I'm hopefully better when we move on tomorrow.  When we arrived last night we excitedly jumped in a Grab to go to the local weekend market. On arrival it had shut one hour early as everyone was in fact at another market. We flew by this popular hots...
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Street food markets

I love the street markets in Asia. It's a central place for locals and tourists to catch up. There is so much to eat, and also so much you don't want to eat. 🤣  I like to hear a fired up wok and a bit of activity with customers before I sit down.  I still say no to chicken feet and blood broth. 🤢

Ever head of this type of coffee??

 

Next stop Udon Thani

After a lovely morning breakfast today, we said goodbye to our guesthouse hosts and headed north to Udon Thani.  We took the train from Khon Kaen station, which puts our stations to shame with space and cleanliness.  We took a local commuter train which only has third class carriages. They were surprisingly ok, and only cost us £1.20 total for the two hour journey.  Udon Thani is very close to the Laos border. When I worked in Laos I would come across the border to stay in Udon for the weekend. With the prime objective to stock up on western products and eat a jacket potato with cheese. 🤣 I did stumble upon the bar and previous accommodation this evening, realising it is in the centre of the red light district. 🔴 Due to a lack of quality guesthouses, we changed from our usual B&B preference to a bit of a faceless hotel. But on the plus side it has a pool, which is a welcome break fro...

Quiet time

As we knew, there wasn't much to do in Khon Kaen. Lucky as George had proper man flu. Also I'd had no sleep from his coughing and sneezing, so we kept indoors on the last day.  We did venture out in the evening to see a shrine around the corner and have dinner at a local restaurant. 

Sunsets

We had a lovely sunset last night as we made out way to a temple in Khon Kaen. 

Wandering around Khon Kaen

We are here now for three nights. There isn't lots to do here, so we aren't rushing around. Also George has now got man flu, so as I write this blog entry, he's asleep in bed snoring.  So that means one thing - I get it next.  There are some very pretty temples in the city centre. A bit of a walk away from our accommodation, so we'll certainly got our 10k steps in a day.  First off we visited Wat Nong Waeng is a nine story high stupa which we climbed up. I believe it's less than thirty years old.  We also visited Wat That Phra Aram Luang on our first evening and the following day, to get some different perspectives of the temples.