We stayed a night in this small Thai village that sits on the border or Cambodia. The crossing closes at 5pm so exhausted, we found ourselves a guesthouse. We met a Swiss couple who were really nice and had just come across into Thailand from Cambodia. We had dinner with them at this pub that is literally next to the house we're in. By that I mean we can see onto the pub's elaborate stage from our bathroom. The pub has this weird clashing set of themes. Firstly there's Manchester United flags everywhere and two screens with the football on. Also there are cow skulls on the walls with lightbulbs sticking out the eye sockets. There's a massive flag hung across the ceiling that says State of California.
The stage has a bunch of amplifiers and a drumkit. Eventually we head off to get some sleep before our big day of border crossing action tomorrow. At about 10pm this live band starts playing. Loud. We can hear everything. I can only describe is as Thai country-rock. They are all awful at the instruments in their own unique way. The drummer is playing the same beat and the same fill frequently. The bass is doing the same rythm, same notes oh god it's terrible. The vocalist. Dear lord. His wailing Thai voice with American-country sensibilities. The guitarist isn't bad. This goes on until 1am. Turns out it's the full-moon party this particular evening. In most party hubs in the country people celebrate by getting trashed on a combination of herbs, fungus and alcohol and dance till the sun comes up. Not in this otherwise sleepy border town. Here it's all about country-rock performed to the 7 members of staff and at the most 2 guests.
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