- Go shopping!! The Sunday street Market is awesome (my backpack is an amazing 22kg...it started out at 14. eep!)
- Catch a traditional Lanna dinner and dance show; one of the skits portrayed a hill tribe party! Very random - the hill tribers would swing spastically around on these banner-like curtains tied to the ceiling...then smoke opium. indeed!
- Head up to Mae Sai, on the Thai/Burmese border. I was in Burma...for 15 minutes! Lots of ripped DVDs at the market...this included a visit to the tourist trap, the Golden Triangle. So named for the black market that used to exist between the border of the three countries: Laos, Thailand and Burma (Mynamar)... drugs for gold!
- Wade through calf-deep water because the Ping River floods...a lot. Twice in the 10 days I stayed in Chiang Mai!! Damn monsoons... ha ha
Right now, it is a ridiculous 33 degrees and so sunny I think I might go blind, on Koh (island in Thai) Samui. I thought my stand-by flying days were over... but thankfully, the supposedly fully-booked flight wasn't. Wow, there are a LOT of Israelis out and about! Happy Jewish New Year!
The beach is absolutely GORGEOUS. Silkly white sand and palms... but I think I have resort jealousy. My windowless 400B (A whopping $12 CDN...) A/C room is a *gasp* 2 minute walk to the water. Oh well, won't be spending much time there with these turquoise waters calling.
Speaking of which, ta ta!
2 comments:
HAHAHAHAHAHA....
Awesome "comment" you have above.
Seriously, the blog spamming is really bad. Stupid spammers.
Guess what I found out today?! You and William had the same Thai cooking class teacher! I guess it's not that surprising since you were both using the Lonely Planed SE Asia on a Shoestring book.
Anywho, have a great Thanksgiving! (Where are you now?)
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