On a day trip to a nearby dam called Ubol Ratana Dam, I drove past a big herd of cows walking down the middle of the street! I had to slow my motorcycle down to get past them. Thai cattle are unlike the cattle that I see in Washington state. Instead of being colored with black and white splotches, they're mostly tan and brown with ears that hang down to their necks. It was cool to be so close to such large and beautiful beasts.
I think spiders can be fascinating, but not when they're in my house! I've found a few oversized spiders crawling around the walls in my home. On second thought, maybe I've just seen one spider a few times. I'm not sure, because I'm too scared to get close enough to take a good look.
Thai is the main language spoken here, but I'm learning that a lot of people in this region of Thailand, Issan, speak a slightly different version of Thai, where some words are different. A slightly different language that changes based on a specific geographic area is called a dialect, and this dialect is called pas-a-Issan rather than the Thai language, pas-a-Thai. For example, in pas-a-Thai, if something is delicious, I will say, "Aroi maag!" In pas-a-Issan, I would say "Sep eelee!"
