I think Thai knowledge will help my vegetarian situation. Nang Rong has a few street restaurants.

"Som tam mai goong."

The girl laughs. Too far from the ocean for shrimp.

The papaya salad comes reeking of fish sauce. Little orange shrimp stick to every strand. 

Staring. 

Ethan can't stomach the fish sauce either.

Attempt two with words and gestures: "Khao pad khai, Khao pad gai."

I hate the close pronunciation of egg and chicken. Two plates arrive: rice with chicken and chicken fried rice.

Sigh. Pick out the meat.

Ethan finds magic words the next day "fried rice no animal". 

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Thanks for reading. 

No pictures for this chapter but, if you check back into the first drabble chapter I've classed it up with pictures from Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, and China so it's a bit of a taste of what's to come.