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On Sunday I managed to sleep for long enough that the cockerel and the carpenter did not bother me. I was still in my pyjamas when Ma knocked on our door to call us to brunch \u2013 thankfully I had a cold shower available to wake me up enough to talk and eat (but not at the same time). Bunch consisted of fried fish, breaded chicken strips, pig colon, fancy mushroom soup and rice. I\u2019ve got to say that is the weirdest brunch I have ever had while I\u2019ve been in Thailand. And I\u2019m not entirely sure if that\u2019s the weirdest it will get.<\/p>\n

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In the afternoon, we went to a Japanese buffet restaurant called Ossin. Aum told us that the chef who won the Iron Chef, which he also said is like a Thai version of Hell\u2019s Kitchen. After a short wait we were shown to a room upstairs with Japanese sliding doors \u2013 it looked so cool.<\/p>\n

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We ordered our first lot of food, and when it came, oh my goodness it was amazing. It looked so lovely and beautifully laid out that I didn\u2019t want to touch it to start with. Then I realised if I left it too long then there would be none left for me!<\/p>\n

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We were given chopsticks again. I almost managed to use them proficiently; just I kept dropping my food in my soy sauce. Let\u2019s just say it\u2019s a good thing I like soy sauce!<\/p>\n

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After we felt like we couldn\u2019t eat anymore, let alone move we went back to the school van \u2013 the same one as yesterday \u2013 and drove over to the 3D gallery in Ubon Ratchathani. In case you\u2019re wondering, a 3D gallery is a series of paintings where you take photos of you interacting with the paintings \u2013 we got so many good ones!<\/p>\n

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After spending what seemed like forever in the gallery went to a small tourist shop in Ubon Ratchathani. Although we only bought postcards, I think we all want to go back to buy an Ubon Ratchathani t-shirt.<\/p>\n

We then went back to the school, after stopping into Lotus to get Aum some new (Mickey Mouse) flip-flops and a KFC white chocolate and strawberry coated ice cream, and had a small dinner. I don\u2019t know how we managed to fit any more food in but we managed it.<\/p>\n

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But do you know what the best thing is? Ma promised us pancakes for breakfast tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Sunday I managed to sleep for long enough that the cockerel and the carpenter did not bother me. 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