maybe they like the scent of spring rolls

We've been venturing outside the back gate of The Compound on foot regularly since we arrived here. I don't think that I've seen any other foreigners tromping around the back roads, but we usually don't find it scary as long as we pay attention to the traffic. There are tons of soi dogs milling about, but they normally ignore passers-by. Our destination is usually the Sudhathai restaurant, and we've dined there just about once a week from the beginning. The food is delicious, inexpensive, and Madeline likes the resident dog and the waitress who tries to make her smile. It's not quite any restaurant that I'm accustomed to - it's open-air (read: no airconditioning), the kitchen is outside, and there are always plenty of geckos on the walls, watching the diners.

I think that we got there a little later than usual last night, because it was pitch dark when we started our walk home. I wonder if that was what made the difference. We were nearly home, but a group of soi dogs started acting kind of aggressive. We decided to stray from our usual route to avoid them, realized that we'd hit a dead-end, and then backtracked (with trepidation, on my part - I am not comfortable around strange dogs and I had Madeline in the Ergo,too). Thankfully, the dog pack had moved on, but this encounter really made me reconsider the future of our after-dark walks for dinner ...

Comments

[jesser]

Ooh, that restaurant sounds like a little slice of heaven. But I agree, I am not fond of sketchy dogs. I was knocked off my bike by my neighbors dogs when I was around 12.

[nonlineargirl]

I would want to continue going to a place like that. Maybe pepper spray? I don't have a lot of experience with dog packs.

[Ani]

Yes that is scrary. Perhaps another route you can go on for your walks. Your story reminded me of my husband when he used to visit his granparents on his mom's side during the Summers in Puerto Rico. His brother and him would go biking in their little town and a band of dogs would chase them.