We stopped for dinner by the riverside at a place that was rather western, both in food and in price, but was absolutely delicious. I had a hamburger, which I realize isn't terribly traditional, but you have to cheat every now and then. To the best of my memory it is the third best hamburger I've had since I left home. The evening also involved a good amount of drinking. At the restaurant I had a lychee martini and some coconut/banana mixed drink, then ended up downing a strawberry daquiri and almost an entire pitcher of mojito that some of the girls had bought and been unable to finish when we were leaving. After dinner a group of us visited a variety of bars, including one with some live music and a vinyl bar playing 70s music. At some point in the night while we were riding in some tuk-tuks we had a swarm of street kids jump on the back to chat with us and steal a ride. For grubby little street kids some of them were pretty educated. One little girl I was speaking to in english asked me where I was from. When I told her Canada, she asked me if I spoke french - in french. We then continued our brief discussion in french until we got to our bar and they all hopped off, laughing and running off. I stuck to beer for the rest of the night, but we were all pretty drunk by the time we got back to the hotel.
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