Last brekkie in Cambodia. The melon set me back twenty-five cents.
Ahh, Thailand, nome of "pick-a-dish" brekkie! One has to have a good meal prior to venturing out into this maelstrom of gem trading. Its Friday in C-Town, the day the gem traders descend on this sleepy town, transforming it into a scheming, sweating, steaming hotbed of gem sale negotiations. And all of it taking place in plain view on the streets. Its crazy. Sapphires and rubies are the big deals here, but there are myriad other precious and semi-precious stones being scooted about on felt topped tables.
My "pick-a-dish" was galang pla, tod mun, and an egg. That's fish curry, fish patty and, well, an egg.
One plate is thirty baht. That's just less than a buck.
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