You Never Know What You'll See at the Bia Hoi

Supposedly there is a legal drinking age here, but...

Conviently located right next door to the English school is a bia hoi, which is kind of like a lemonade stand except that they sell locally brewed beer. After class we usually enjoy an almost-cold beverage while waiting for our xe om driver ("say ohm" - motorbike taxi). Tonight we were doing exactly that when grandma and her little granddaughter arrived. They both sit down and grandma orders up a beer, which she proceeds to share with this kid who couldn't have been older than 3. They sat there for a while, drinking beer and eating peanuts, then the kid finished the beer and away they went.


(This isn't the actual kid. I was dying to get a picture of it but honestly, grandma kind of scared me.)