Craziest 'its such a small world' story ever!

this is so crazy it deserves its own section. unfortunately i will not be able to avoid foreshadowing but i'm sure you can appreciate our utter amazement.

so to start at the beginning, a few weeks ago in Chiang Mai we met these cool guys Rene and Urs from Zurich, Switzerland. ended up partying with them that night, had good times, and said our good byes. the next night we were walking in the city and i just happened to spot them going by in a tuk tuk so i yelled out to them, they stopped, and we ended up going for dinner together. we mentioned how we were heading to Pai, a small town near there, soon, and they said they were too, so we jokingly said well we'll see you there, and exchanged emails too.

So a few days later we're in Pai. after our 3 day trekking adventure we return to Pai and we hear Bebop bar is the place to be, so we head down there. Who do we happen to run into on the way but Rene and Urs! such a small world. so we partied with them once again until the wee hours of the morning. we arranged to meet for dinner the next day but they never showed so we thought whatever, and proceeded to go out to a bar again. and, once again, no surprise by now, we run into them again!! granted Pai is a pretty small place but this is still crazy! one of the topics of the night was how urs' girlfriend back home was thinking of coming to join them for some travelling. Urs couldn't decide if this was a good idea, rene was obviously not impressed by the idea, and after some discussion we came to the conclusion that no, she shouldn't come, urs and rene should stick together and travel.

our next destination was Laos, and Rene and Urs said they would eventually be going there as well, so we kept in touch by email but unfortunately never did meet up with them in laos because they were always a few days behind us.

so fast forward 1-2 weeks. we're in Bangkok Thailand. its our second day here and we decide to taxi it out to MBK, one of the huge shopping malls. we do alot of shopping. after a few hours joey and ian are ready to go but i stall our departure by 30 minutes to go get some electronic goods. So finally we're ready to leave, we go outside and wait in the line to get a taxi. theres an attractive female tourist in front of us so eventually i gather the balls to ask if she happens to be heading back to Kaosan road (the touristy area) and if so if she wants to share a cab with us. so we're in the cab, we're talking, her english isn't great as she's from Zurich and speaks German, but we're still communicating. she tells us she's meeting up with her boyfriend tomorrow who's on his way here from Laos. They hadn't been travelling together because she had work back home until now. so eventually in conversation i mention how we'd met 2 swiss guys up in Chiang Mai, Rene and Ur- and then she cuts in, 'Urs is my boy friend!' we're just like what?! all looking at each other with surprised smiles, wtf! oh my god! such a small world! and thats the story, we're going out for dinner with her tonight.