Don and I got up this morning, looked at each other, and knew, “It’s time to make our things smell better.” So we walked our laundry across the street, down an alley, and into the home of a woman who gave it back to us later that afternoon freshly pressed and smelling sweet (price: $4.00). We spent the rest of today meandering, swooning over lunch, and finding our way back to our dress shop, so that we could try on our new clothes and re-calibrate our custom order.
Custom dress and navy leather sandals (she traced my feet on 2 pieces of paper): $80 
Very important to the young woman here that we post to Trip Advisor.
Morning glory salad with bacon, peanuts, and shrimp. MG is the 2nd most consumed food here (behind rice) and is full of vitamins.
The streets here are charming. 
There are kumquat trees all over town for the New Year.
…and at the night market, skewered frogs and sea creatures
Every block, there was a different gathering to watch the Asian Cup match vs. Japan. One guy here was banging chopsticks on a pot lid.
Yep, no question about it, when I think of Donny, the Buddha comes straight to mind. 🙏😊
I don’t even want to know why, but I’ll take it as a compliment.