Harsh. Yes. But they screwed my affairs badly the other night. It’s the lack of availability really that makes them suck. They’re just not there when you need them, which is odd in Thailand.
We had a perfectly lovely trip into town (15 min on bike, 7-8 min on tuk tuk), had a perfectly lovely dinner with friends, and then ha
d a perfectly horrendous time getting home. We walked on the main road expecting a tuk tuk to pass (as it would have done in Nong Khai where we lived before). Then we stopped into a guest house and ordered one. They said 15 minutes. Fine.
Forty five minutes later I was beside myself. WanderGirl has peeped/pooped through available diapers and was running around commando. And she had that crazy, hysterical laugh going. Bedtime had passed. In other words, we were moments from total meltdown disaster. I was flipping out, feeling totally out of control. Finally a tuk tuk came but seriously it took an hour.
Never again. We will ride bikes into town…and meet friends closer to home.
Ugh. Sometimes this whole kids in Asia thing is hard.
I am enjoying seeing photos of your parents visiting. Please say hello to your dad for me. I am a fellow HC grad and the mother of 4 year old twins so I hear a lot about you and have been following your latest adventure. The throw-up story made me break out in a cold sweat!!
Jane Murphy