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I thought I'd avoided it

Unfortunately it's difficult when travelling on public transport to avoid the lurgy. It is also 'winter'. George has had it for a week, and this morning I came down with it. 

Luckily with my Girl Guide skills I'd already packed a medical pouch for most ailments. 

Yesterday we moved on from Udon Thani to Salon Nakhon by bus.  On arrival at Udon station, the local bus staff were very excited to see the only foreigners. They even took a photo of us before we boarded the bus. 

Sakon Nakhon is a spread out city that is more traditional and less trodden than other tourists routes.  So there's not really a lot to do. Lucky for me as the one day we are here, I've spent in bed. I'm dosing up so I'm hopefully better when we move on tomorrow. 

We stayed in a nice little hotel just pride of the city for £25 B&B.

When we arrived last night we excitedly jumped in a Grab to go to the local weekend market. On arrival it had shut one hour early as everyone was in fact at another market. We flew by this popular hotspot in the taxi but decided where we were going was in a busy area. Google was wrong. 

So after a quick snap at a temple and Beer Lao in a local bar, we came back - via the heaving market where everyone was having a good time. And that busy area wasn't showing on Google!! 

George has been out today whilst I slept to inspect the market ready for this evening. Hopefully I can be dragged out of bed for a couple of hours to feed my cold. 
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