chiang mai, baby
swa dee krop y'all,
shehz and i are now doing things up proper in chiang mai, which is in the north of thailand. we had to take a bus here that went from 6pm yesterday to 6am this morning. we arrived, and found a guest house (julie's guest house, nice place!) after much wandering with our 80 pound sacks on our backs -- not pleasant at all! the good news is that the price is right. shehz and i are paying abou 80 baht each per night, which works out to about $2.50 canadian. the place has a free pool table, and shows movies each night.
it seems a little less hot here, but i think that's mainly due to the overcast weather right now. the big attractions here are focused around adventure tour thingies. you can do all sorts of rock climbing, white water rafting, and elephant treks into the jungle. they have some jungle treks that last over a week! i don't think we'll be that crazy though; we'll just try to ride some elephants around and maybe kill a tiger or two.
chiang mai is a pretty neat city in its own right though. we're situated right in the centre of the old city, which is surrounded by a big wall. i can't get enough of the monks that are everywhere too -- it's fantastic! there's just hordes of them wandering every which way, all dressed in their fluorescent orange... thingies. there's no end to the pleasure i feel when see one of these guys whip out a cell phone, or start taking pictures with a digital camera. i also saw one of them carrying a boom box like a true playa in downtown bangkok. i feel bad taking pictures, so i just got one today (but i don't even think it'll be very good. there's these different types of cabs here that are basically trucks where you sit on benches in the back arranged in two rows facing each other. this group of about 10 monks walked up and all hopped into this truck -- i love it! i'm not sure why i'm so fascinated by these guys, but i really can't resist staring at them. they seem so friendly. you'll also often see people coming into the streets to give them food or whatever, because they survive solely on contributions from the public (so i'm told). whenever people give them food, they'll often bow down in front of them and start praying. the monks just sort of stand there and let the people pray until they're all done, then they walk away with the grub. it's a strange sight to see these really old people bowing down in front of children!
we're gonna try to head out to a night market tonight and get ourselves settled in and maybe book a tour of some sort. shehz and i have met another girl who's danish, but has been living... just about everywhere you could possibly imagine. she's at the same guesthouse now, so i think we're all gonna try to do stuff together.
bye bye for now,
> ian
shehz and i are now doing things up proper in chiang mai, which is in the north of thailand. we had to take a bus here that went from 6pm yesterday to 6am this morning. we arrived, and found a guest house (julie's guest house, nice place!) after much wandering with our 80 pound sacks on our backs -- not pleasant at all! the good news is that the price is right. shehz and i are paying abou 80 baht each per night, which works out to about $2.50 canadian. the place has a free pool table, and shows movies each night.
it seems a little less hot here, but i think that's mainly due to the overcast weather right now. the big attractions here are focused around adventure tour thingies. you can do all sorts of rock climbing, white water rafting, and elephant treks into the jungle. they have some jungle treks that last over a week! i don't think we'll be that crazy though; we'll just try to ride some elephants around and maybe kill a tiger or two.
chiang mai is a pretty neat city in its own right though. we're situated right in the centre of the old city, which is surrounded by a big wall. i can't get enough of the monks that are everywhere too -- it's fantastic! there's just hordes of them wandering every which way, all dressed in their fluorescent orange... thingies. there's no end to the pleasure i feel when see one of these guys whip out a cell phone, or start taking pictures with a digital camera. i also saw one of them carrying a boom box like a true playa in downtown bangkok. i feel bad taking pictures, so i just got one today (but i don't even think it'll be very good. there's these different types of cabs here that are basically trucks where you sit on benches in the back arranged in two rows facing each other. this group of about 10 monks walked up and all hopped into this truck -- i love it! i'm not sure why i'm so fascinated by these guys, but i really can't resist staring at them. they seem so friendly. you'll also often see people coming into the streets to give them food or whatever, because they survive solely on contributions from the public (so i'm told). whenever people give them food, they'll often bow down in front of them and start praying. the monks just sort of stand there and let the people pray until they're all done, then they walk away with the grub. it's a strange sight to see these really old people bowing down in front of children!
we're gonna try to head out to a night market tonight and get ourselves settled in and maybe book a tour of some sort. shehz and i have met another girl who's danish, but has been living... just about everywhere you could possibly imagine. she's at the same guesthouse now, so i think we're all gonna try to do stuff together.
bye bye for now,
> ian
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