April 10, 642am. And we are up getting ready to start the day. Its hard to adjust to the time difference.

Last night we went to the new Central Plaza mall in ubon ratchitani. Its a mega mega mall. Incredibly huge. Its 4 floors tall. Its hard to judge the scale, but massive seems a good word for it.

Malls are different here and they serve a different function. They are more then just places to shop. The heat here is impressive. Its been 96 degrees everyday and sunny. Its foggy in the morning, then by the time the sun is up, its clear. So, the malls are places to get out of the heat.

They have alot of skin care stores, slim down shops. Each one of these has a group of women that stand outside and they try to sell you stuff. It seemed that they can’t follow you beyond the borders of there store. So we just keep walking and talking to them.

So, while at the mall we ate Korean food. This one had a hot plate in the center of the table where we cooked chicken, beef, steak, pork, shrimp, fish. This was a great meal.

I have tons of photos on my camera that I’ll share when we get back.