There's FOOTBALL in Thailand!!!

Coming to Thailand, I was sad that I would miss seeing my Redskins play in the 2011/12 NFL season. I wouldn’t be able to go to any games, I wouldn’t even be able to watch the games on TV! No football for this girl, or so I thought…

Last weekend, Tim and I took a trip down close to the Cambodian border to visit our friends Tracey and Ryan in their town called Sisaket. They treated us to with a weekend of spoilage….pizza, pizza, liquor, and FOOTBALL!

For lunch they showed us their favorite Italian restaurant - it def trumped any restaurant we have - IT HAD WALLS! AND AC! AND A BAR WITH LIQUOR! AND PIZZA! AND PASTA! We were delighted! We ordered a hawaiian pizza, cocktails, and relaxed in the AC. Then it was time….

FOOTBALL! We met up with some of the teachers from their school (at the 2nd! Italian restaurant in their town!) and headed to a Sisaket Football Club game. Ok, ok, so it wasn’t American Football - it was “soccer” but it was a football game nonetheless. At the game, we grabbed our beers, got our tickets, and headed to find our seats. Ryan and Tracey had purchased Sisaket FC football jerseys, so they strutted their orange jerseys, and everyone wanted pictures with the Farangs who like Sisaket FC!

During the game it was WILD! We sat under the Sisaket FC flag at points, shared drinks with those around us, and were pumped up by the men leading the crowd with their bull horns - Sisaket, Sisaket, Sisaket! They sang their fight song over and over, they even sang “When the saints go marching in” in Thai. At the end of the game (Sisaket won!!!!!) everyone was cheering, hugging, and just plain being excited! Many of the Thai’s wanted pictures of Tracey and I - since we were the only Farang women at the game.

Afterwards, we went back to the AC restaurant and had the best pasta…MMMM. Of course, we had more cocktails

Then we headed over to a bar where the Farangs hang out. It’s mostly older men who have been in Thailand for YEARS and sit around hitting on the Thai women. We stayed for a drink, and then tiredness hit us. Off to bed!

The next morning we met up for breakfast, and Tracey and Ryan had an amazing meal of Potatoes and Pumpkin (like a mash) that the retaurant owner had made for them (they are vegetarian) while Tim and I split a burger and a BLT. I couldn’t be happier.

Then we said our goodbyes, thanked them for a weekend of spoils, and headed back to Phibunmungsahan to get ready for another week of teaching.

Sawasdee Kha!
Apes