Sunday Afternoon Lounging

I would normally spend a Sunday afternoon this time of year watching football and eating popcorn, but I could get used to spending further Sunday afternoons like this. We drove out of the city to the reservoir, spent the entire afternoon lounging around in a bamboo hut while ordering dishes of food and sticky rice. I got to try a couple of new dishes and the most delicious barbecued grilled chicken I've had in a long time. It smelled like a summer outing. This place is beautiful. I've been there before, but I forgot how cool it is to be near a lake and a mountain at the same time. They have cute little paddle boats, but I heard from a fellow teacher that they didn't let him take out the paddle boat because he was a farang (non-Thai) and was too big and would sink the boat. I didn't even ask to save myself some embarrassment. We ate for hours, sat for hours, swam for a little while and lounged for awhile longer. On the way back Brandon let me give his motorbike a spin. I've never driven a motorbike before and it was pretty fun. Except when it started to rain. Hard. So we lounged under a shelter for another hour until the rain let up a bit and then made our way home. That's what Sunday afternoons are all about. I think I'm on my way to becoming a professional lounger. If there's ever a perfect time and place to fulfill this dream, it's got to be Thailand on a Sunday afternoon.
A few other lounging pictures posted under the photo archive link "Huay Teun Tao Reservoir."