New Car and Reservoir
Just got back to from an exhilerating plunge in a reservoir about an hour north of here. We went with friends, Jeff and Birgitta and som Joshua, in Jacob’s class. We were taken by boat to a floating hamlet of rafts with restuarant and rooms where you can stay the night if you like. Perhaps a future trip…. The children had a great time in and out of the water all day - beautiful!
The place had a small fish pen at the back and when we ordered lunch they had to catch the fish first! Once it had been cudgelled into submission which gracefully happened behind a pile of baskets it cooked up nicely and was delicious when it arrived of course.
On the way home we took a short cut and found ourselves in to middle of a Thai festival of some sort on a road that was too narrow to turn on. We needed to reverse back through the crowds and down the road about a mile before we could turn around!
Close to home there is a new road being built which is currently a mud track. It had rained and we got grounded on a mud hill. It was the kind of mud that sticks and then resists removal so we were in a right mess. It was dark and we had only taken posession of the car today from friends who left to go to Bangladesh with the leprosy mission. Lots of Thai people stopped to push but it was jammed fair and square. Eventually a cement lorry turned up and a group of teachers happened to be driving past at the same time. Thanks to the cement man and Walt DeMoss we managed to drag the thing out and limp home caked in mud.
A fine end to a lovely day out! Wish you were here……
Andrew
June 20th, 2005 at 14:59
I presume it was a clean car when you received it - good thing your car cleaners are coming soon - Tim and Martin!