A dedication

Last time we were in Bangkok, Mike and I stumbled upon an awesome string of restaurants and bars that are, as yet, undiscovered by the hordes of backpackers in this farang populated city. The bars are cute, cozy and frequented by Thai university students, male and female alike. This point was enough for Mike and I to be enthralled by them, as the Vietnamese bars are mostly male-orientated, dirty beer dens.

We made our way back to this string of bars last night and decided to enter Bali Bar, a restaurant big enough to hold 20 or so people plus a live guitarist/singer and bongo drummer. We spent the evening watching, enjoying, absorbing, listening and at around 11pm it turned out we had been noticed. The singer who, until this point, had only sung in Thai cleared his throat and announced "and this song is dedicated to you two over there." We laughed, surprised and interested at what would be sung until we heard the famous Carpenter lyrics...

Can't Smile without You.