Eurana Boutique Hotel Chiang Mai

... 3 days of bed rest. I must say that CM Hospital is modern, efficient and more than affordable. My hospital visit as well as 3 different medcines cost 1,365 baht ($40US) I was impressed by the level of care and services provided by the doctor and nurses. The nurses are a picture out of the 1950's dressed in their white uniforms, white high heels and nurses cap pinned to their heads..the Pin Up Thai nurse ...

... finished trekking for the second day, at around half past five. Dinner was at 7, so we mingled until then, hanging clothes to dry (but they only got wetter in the humidity), chatting quietly, some of us doing some washing, some of us sleeping on the big stone that protruded from the river, until dinner finally arrived. It was worth waiting for again, potatoes with pepper and carrots, with some type of curry and some other type of stewy something, and as much rice as you could ...

... similar plans for our time in Chiang Mai and that it would be better, and cheaper, for us all if we found a Guest House together. When you arrive at Chiang Mai the platform is packed with Tuk-Tuk and taxi drivers all working for different Guest Houses, we decided to check out the one for SK Guest House (they all offer free transport to the GH, and then it's up to you if you want to stop there). The fact they had a swimming pool, and was only a short walk from the town meant we ...

... do a trip there too to feed and wash the elephants.<br><br>Gave a bag of washing to as wash shop across the road from my guest house as I was already starting to run out of clothes to wear. The girl there didn&#8217;t speak much English, so I think we agreed a wash and iron, 5 baht per item and pick up tomorrow afternoon about 2pm, but that might not have been the case at all... I hope it was as I&#8217;ll have no clothes otherwise!

... it sounds to us ... they play it everywhere and it's very catchy! A group of English travelers had come along with the Americans ... we were all chatting, had a good sing song and we actually got our free cake ... happy days! The next day was again pretty chilled ... we relaxed in the sun and took a walk along the beach ... well I did ... Soph only lasted a few minutes as she'd earlier grazed her foot in the pool and complained about sand getting in it ... always a drama ...

... after picking up Jessie's picture she had made. We decided to head to the 2nd dance school so back on the moped, me driving and Jessie navigating and ended up in rural somewhere so headed back. Then to the Central Airport Plaza (mall) to see the dancers from the international dance festival. After talking to the guard and a couple of teenagers a nice British gentleman helped us out. He didn't know about the dance festival but suggested we go to the walking market ...

... others in the group (absolving myself of blame), we recognised the moat around the old city and worked out that we would have to go straight ahead. Another hour or so and we arrived back at Libra, just in time for Nu's talk about the trek.<br><br>Got our rucksacks for the trip (same as last time guys; just single-strapped old camouflage throwbacks to the jungle warfare days - camo'd with thin, painful straps) and went for some grub with the girls in a place on the ...

... of these we'll either be sleeping in a bus shelter, or, cycling 180 kms. While at the museum yesterday I was looking through some old artefacts, including kitchen implements, farming equipment and tools. Among these was a storage platform made of bamboo, that would be suspended over the cooking fire. On the storage platform would be kept a selection of clay pots in which they would dry seeds etc,. The ...

... of some past encounter. an amazing young woman i know will light a path wherever she wanders. as we bought our tickets at the door booth, the thai national anthem took off, holding every able body deaf, mute and blind, crippled by her verse, chorus, verse, reprise and surprise reprise reprise. inside the massive shed, round after round and then round after round, matches of 45 to 60 kilo fighters crammed a lifetime of hope in each knee, kick and ...