Mon the Man!

We thought you guys would like to hear about Mon. He was the first person we met in Nakhon Sawan and has been the highlight of the city. At a spritely 66 years of age he's no spring chicken, but he's definitely a great entertainer. We met him when we first got off the train, he spoke a little English and insisted on hauling everyone who was sitting in his taxi out so he could take us to our hotel!!

He had The Beatles and Elvis Presley playing full blast all the way (which Nat was especially loving!). He dropped us off at our hotel and we thought that was the end of that.

That same afternoon we were abandoned by a tuk tuk driver at the top of a mountain. We had to traverse down the mountain road to get back to the hotel. Guess who happened to drive past up the road, the one and only Mon! He gave us his card and told us to give him a ring when we needed to go somewhere.

So... We gave him a call the next day and he acted as our tour guide, picking us up at about 11.30 am to show us what Nakhon Sawan had to offer. He took us too an aquarium and crocodile farm where we thought he would drop us off, but he used his pensioners card to come round the whole way with us, it was great! The croc farm was closed so he took us somewhere off the beaten track where they keep crocs on a farm so we could see some.

Then he took us to a temple that housed hundreds of monkeys. En route he stopped at a stall where he bought us all a coconut ice drink. It was delicious!! To top it all off, when he took us to the station this morning, he turned up with huge bunch of bananas for our breakfast!

Thanks Mon!