Today is election day in the country, including a big election for a new prime minister. The English school has been shut down for the rest of the year and today I got to go to Yu’s hometown, Trat. On the way there, I found out there are no posted speed limits in Thailand once I noticed how fast we were driving (Up to 75MPH on a M-59 type road).
Trat is farther east, closer to the border with Cambodia. I got to see and stay in a Thai family home for the night. Differences include the cooking is done outdoors and most of the family sleeps in one air conditioned room on the floor.
The highlight of the day was going to the beach (45-minutes away) and eating dinner there like a picnic. The ride to the beach was done in the back of a pickup truck since there were not enough seats to hold the entire family inside. I got to sit back there with all the pots of food and watch us drive along the Cambodian border to the very southeastern corner of the country. It was a very nice beach that has not been overrun by tourists. We sat on the ground and ate some home cooked food on mats and I even got into in the warm water. After watching the sunset, we headed back to the house for the night.