Mr. Clean took us out to a few other beaches along the coast and we stopped by a bookstore to get a phrasebook for us to share. We all used the phrase book over dinner to get to know eachother. By the end of the night he'd served us another multi-course thai dinner, ambushed us mid-shower back at our room to invite us out for rice soup, and taken us on a tour of the town (from the carnival to the karaoke bars, to the redlight district). It was epic. Another lucky leap.