They took a seat next to us and ordered a couple glasses of water. They had just been traveling through Laos and were on their way through Ubon for the day. They needed help with directions. Leah ran quickly back to the house while I ate and conversed with these two men. I found out a little about them. They were traveling to Singapore the next day and were leaving for Belgium, their home, on Saturday. They spoke English very well. It was fun conversing with someone who spoke English well! They only had very large bills, so Leah and I payed for their drinks. We mentioned that there was a festival at the Moon River that night, if they wanted to get some cheap food, and they told us if they saw us there they would pay us back by buying us a round of beers. Leah and I looked at each other, red flags going up in our heads: we don't drink! Leah spoke up and told them we don't, so we agreed if we ran into each other, they would treat us to sodas.
Later, when we went to the Candle Festival at the Moon River, something very funny happened. We saw them! But, we don't know if they saw us. As Leah and I were enjoying the scenery of the fireworks, we stopped and stared next to a set of stairs. A few feet in front of us were these two men, let's call them X and Y- we never did exchange names. X and Y were a few feet in front of us for a good five minutes before we realized they were there.
Both Leah and I noticed it at the same time. At first, I didn't recognize them, I thought they were a gay couple, which would not be completely absurd because they were sitting really close and Bangkok is full of gay people. At that moment, Leah pulled me far away. We both thought it would be really awkward to run into them! I was really surprised X and Y hadn't heard us, we were talking in really loud English!! When we left, Leah and I were hungry and we decided to stop and see what one of the new restaurants had to offer.
We stopped in and sat at a table right next to the window. And what do you know. X and Y stroll by and we all see one another. What are the odds? Of all the places to stop and stare at the Moon River and then this? Weird! So, they came in the restaurant and talked for a little, but told us they had to go, suggesting they would be back to buy us some "softs". What are softs? That took us a moment to figure out: soft drinks! They had bought some souvenirs from the festival and they wanted to put them in their hotel room and they gave us the impression they would return to make the purchase.
Leah and I moved to a bigger table. If they were going to come back, we wanted there to be enough room for them. The longer we waited, which only turned out to be a few minutes, the more we felt uncomfortable about the situation. We quickly ordered coffee and hot chocolate. Leah and I were laughing so hard about everything. She laughed and spit coffee everywhere. I'm sure the Thai people thought we were very weird. We quickly ran off into the streets. I hope X and Y weren't really expecting us to be there! Oh well!
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Your little adventures make me laugh. It sounds like you're having such a fabulous time. I was talking to one of my friends that was in Thailand last year, and he was just telling me about the festival with the candles, so I think its pretty cool that you're there. Keep having fun and enjoy every moment!
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