Violence on the bus

I woke up disappointed that with only 2 games gone in the World Cup I already had a dismal 50% viewing record. Pathetic. Anyway, we had a 3 day journey ahead of us to Luang Prabang (Laos) so I couldn't waste any time worrying about what the Poland v Ecquador was. The 6hr bus ride to Chiang Khong on the Thai-Laos border was comfortable, we also had the national anthem routine again at 8am.

What was disconcerting for me was the film choice. We had 2 and the 2nd was the most brutal film I've ever seen. Now you all know that I will watch anything. Well this was unbelievable, there was a 20 minute fight scene (no exaggeration) where one guy fought an imaginary bull AND rabid dog, he could disappear at times, it rained blood while both blokes seemed to die and reincarnate at will. The most shocking bit was when someone cut off a neat 15cm square chunk of skin Silence of the Lambs style. At this point my Englishness got the better of me and I looked round to see if any of the Thais were as horrified. Oh no, the family behind had their nippers on their knees and were watching intently! And to think when I worked for Eurosites someone once complained that showing the Addams Family on the way to Andorra was inappropriate(!)