First of all, there was no update this morning since the hotels internet service was down.
It was chilly though, this morning but very sunny and it soon warmed up. Mornings in the North East of Thailand bring about cold weather, like 15C.
Here's a view from our hotel room. We had breakfast and left to visit some relatives of Chot.
A short while afterwards we visited the main Ford dealership in Udon Thani. Here's where our not so planned extra day in Udon took shape.
Since Chot and Kob work as insurance brokers for cars and motorbikes, they know the major car dealers in the region very well. My wife and me have been talking for a long time already about upgrading our car from the current Ford Ranger to a Ford Everest. We still have to pay 8 more months before our current car is ours.
However! Chot and Kob and my wife were under cahoots and have been talking since a few days about the possibility of getting an Everest for us, so today we went to Ford in Udon to see what can be arranged. I was reckoning with a 10 or 15% chance of us leaving with a new car but guess what............ Yep, right, tomorrow we will pick up a brand new Ford Everest. Without any papers at hand, they gave us a very good deal , thanks to Chot talking to the owner and we got a return value for our current car that exceeded my expectation.
Tomorrow at 9.09 am we're supposed to drive out of the Ford shop in Udon with our new car!
Normally in Thailand one needs to look for a 'good day' to pick up a new car or house or you name it, sometimes having to wait weeks on an end, but surprise, surprise, tomorrow is by all parties involved considered a good day, even by my wife and my Father in law, so we can actually leave tomorrow with the new car. How convenient!
Watch out for pix of the old and new car tomorrow, same place, same time!
Since we didn't leave the Ford place until 2.30 pm, we decided to stay in Udon for one more night rather than driving to Sakhon Nakhon, where Chot and Kob live, a 2 hour drive and than come back in the morning again.
For all the George's, Rob's and Thomas', at last you guys will be able to stretch your legs in the back seat. It will be also a very convenient car for when my parents come to visit us next month in February, with lots of leg space in the back seats!
Stay tuned,
Camille
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