Nick - Alas The Two Amigos Say Farewell

We have spent far too much time in this crazy city. The other night a sister of a friend of a friend of Mateo's picked us up from downtown Bangkok and treated us to an extravagant dinner at one of the local businessman eateries. We let Gift (that's her name) take the wheel and order for all of us. The dinner consisted of mind blowing green curry followed by a colorful assortment of the local veggies, and local fish that was fried and came with a most peculiar sauce that was a mix of both sour and spicy. We ended the dinner with two very distinct desserts a green tea jello and a black tea jello both were very interesting.... Yesterday was filled with planning and arraigning for our next step in this trip. Unfortunately Mateo's flight from Ho Chi Mien City was not cancelled like mine so he doesn't have a free flight and he is leaving in 2-3 days where as I am here another week so we must part ways today.. :( I am heading up to Chiang Mai and he is heading to a town closer to Bangkok. We have had a blast together and it will be hard to say goodbye. So we decided to live it up a little yesterday and to our surprise there was a HUGE World Cup Celebration along our street. This included a horde of school children carrying flags from all of the participating nations, an armada of specialized motorcycles, a fleet of tricked-out cars, and, my personal favorite, dancing/soccer playing elephants!! I got a big-ole smooch from one of them too! I attached a video and I hope it is the right one of them dancing, if not I will post it later. But the whole street came alive and everyone celebrated together. Tomorrow is our last day together so you will have the opportunity to follow our separate adventures! Stay tuned for more action!!!