Week 5: Monkey Munchies & Bear Brunchies

Becca torturing the babies.

We spent a lot of time constructing a bamboo/banana tree rooftop playground for Chabah, which she quite quickly destroyed.

We took solace in that we now had good hiding spots for her food every day.

"I resent that I now have to work for my breakfast."

Our sunscreen came with free magic serum so we can look more like a farang.  I think we're okay on that front.

Hmm, which snack shall I leisurely enjoy next?

Attempt to make biscuits and gravy.  Ever tried to bake without an oven?! I have not seen a single one in all of Thailand.

Yu is only a little excited.

When Becca said she wanted to learn to make mangoes and sticky rice she didn't know it would take 2 days.

Worth it. (I know what you are thinking but that rice is amazing)

Happy birthday Becca!

Don't take my picture while I'm eating please.

Samson gettin' at them ants!

Jack's snacks.

Yu demonstrating the ol' "distract the bear with food so's I can unlock the cage and run away" technique

Oh yeah, gotta lock it up now.

I thought I left my snacks around here somewhere....

It was most fun to tie her food to dangling bamboo.

Wait, no, this is week 4: Chiang Mai

Iced coffee and dragonfruit shake.

Every day from 2-5PM you can't buy alcohol anywhere.  But you can get a mystery beverage covered in newspaper and a pint glass.

No smoking...or else!

Holy crab! Food at the Sunday Walking Street is amazing(ly cheap)!

...and morbid.  They took the guts out of this crab, made delicious crab cakes out of him, and them shoved it back inside of him.  Cruel.  But tasty. (with tempura shrimps and some sort of leafy green gelatinous cake)

This one's for Mormor!  What feast would be complete without aebleskiver?! Or tiny fried quail eggs?

My God.

Sushi buffet. 6 for a dollar.

Custom fishin' boats.

Apparently he knew I was coming.

We part ways to find snacks for the bus that's leaving in five minutes and Becca comes back with the most disgusting and stinky snack yet.  Worst bus etiquette ever. 

Mr. Eggosaurus was rescued from a quarter machine inside the Bangkok train station.

Awesome! I wasn't expecting a meal on the train..of weird meat-like products. Ugh.

THE SHMLASBLA!

THE SHMLASBLA!!

THE SHMASBLA!!!

Tasty shakes everywhere!  Apparently they grow Spirulina in Thailand--gotta take advantage.

Street food challenge:  Consume this booger topped egg.  Done. And it was delicious.

Street piggies gotsta eat too

I spy boobs.

Vegetarian food in abundance; but raw vegan lasagna in Chiang Mai? Are we in Portland again?

Concrete jungle inside of the Grand Marino coffee house.

I think every meal would be better if it was served in tower form.

Holiday in West Coast:  If you live in Portland you must dress like a sailor and only wear four colors: khaki, offwhite, navy blue and stripes.

Bucket of "Happy Veggie" flavored popcorn and jumbo soda with reusable, collectible Hello Kitty plasticware. Wowza!

Waiting for Escape Plan to start at the mall movie theater.

Week 4, I guess: Enduring the Durian

Krua again.  How many plates can we fit on the table? 

I had considered starting a blog about Thai bathrooms instead.

But it was too creepy.

Burrz on the beach.  Guess whose book is whose?

I mean, with Tamarine Sauce is the only way to have Tiger Porn really.

The only way to get the durian flavor out of your mouth...Ginacas! (Although this solution is only effective for, like, 30 seconds.)

Week 3ish: Surrender to the 7-11

There's no polite way to say this...

...Chocolate covered dildo-shaped cookies. (Sorry for the creepy face)

Teenage mutant ninja frogs.  These two dudes snuck into our bathroom through the manhole every night.

Take away from Krua Kritsana...heck yeah.  Included is, like, 10 sauces and spice packs.

One side is Tom Yum flavored, one side is shrimp and green onion.  Soooo good.

Krua.  Again.  They know how to do vegetarian in Thailand.

One bucket of margarita please! The only strong cocktail we've had and it had to be bucket-sized...

I think half of Thailand survives on top ramen...oh, what's that in my noodle cup?

Oh!  How convenient!

Better in theory than in practice.

Our favorite restaurant on the island happens to be a 5 minute walk from our hostel.

What a tease.

SPECIAL FEATURE: The Magic of 7-11

7-11 is like Starbucks--there's one every other block.  Usually directions to anywhere are "Just past the 7-11" or "Across from the 7-11."

Yeah, they have that in Thailand.

It's much less appetizing when it still looks like cuttlefish.

It looked good before I read the label.

What kind of wiener will you have today?  The footlong spicy looks slightly more seductive than the rest.  I don't know why...

They will even microwave it for you (in their footlong microwave), slice it up and serve it with a skewer.

The hot dog just looks boring now.

And there's more!

Gettin' toasty with toasties on the beach.

They even have panini makers at every 7-11 behind the counter and will gladly toast your toasty...I mean, it wouldn't be a toasty without it.  (Seafood pizza flavor and an accidental hotdog cheese toasty)