I Hate You, Dogs of the Street

If there's anything that Lampang has an overabundance of, it's mangy street dogs. at first, i was very wary of them but they're pretty harmless as a whole. they generally lounge around and don't even pay attnetion to the people passing by. they hang around the night market and wait for scraps of food. however, last weekend hilary and i tried to take some pictures of these gigantic lotus flowers at the end of our street and we nearly got eaten by two dogs. they were barking and started chasing us. hilary tried to act calm but i definitely broke into a run. i was just about to jump on top of a car in order to escape from them when an old lady came out and yelled something in Thai at them. it worked and they backed off.

then this weekend, we went out for dinner and decided to walk from the restaurant to the pub where we were going to watch the football match. it was drizzling a little bit so i covered my cast with a plastic bag. as we were walking, a dog started following us and then he discreetly pulled the bag off my leg and absconded with it! i couldn't believe it. what does a dog need with a plastic bag anyways?! it was all very bizarre but i was just glad he didn't attack me or anything. it seems that the dogs here feel a little threatened by my crutches....they always get all riled up when they see me walking so hilary and noah have become my personal body guards. augh!
those crazy dogs, always up to no good.