Trang Scenes

As mentioned in the previous post, Trang is very breezy--thank heavens--but also very hot at the same time. It is a bustling active city, but luckily, our hotel is situated on a side street, while busy, the traffic is more relaxed.  Right near us is a striving market where you can get a healthy supply of vegetables, fruits, meats, and fish. I feel somewhat at home seeing root crops such as Dasheene and Cassava that I grew up with in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Tamarind is so abundant here and is widely used in cooking. There are actually tamarind farms.

Due to the daytime heat, most cities in Southeast Asia have a night market where everything from clothing to cooked food is sold.

Night market

I am still in awe seeing the comfort with which people use motorbikes. Kids sit on bikes as if they are sitting on a chair at home...no worries!

We were sitting having a beer when we were approached by some 2nd-year university students for an interview. The main focus of the interview was how to market green-papaya salad, a dish that had become my favorite ever since I first had it in Vermont by Rhumdoul during the trip planning and prep.

This trip highlights what a big and small world is at the same time.  Sitting at the Wine Bistro while listening to live 60's music take #2, I look up to see a young man wearing a Montpelier Vermont T-shirt.  He had no idea about Vermont being a state or what he was wearing but the group was happy to have a conversation about it.