Ruen Come In Chiang Mai

... am not really good yet to only live on rice and banana today and tomorrow and......but was so bored this evening that I stuffed myself with thousand yummy things on the market. Seems I am better but watch this space....;))))

When I wasn't sick I explored a bit of Chiang Mai by bike, strolled around markets, headed out to Wat (means temple by the way in case you haven't figured yet) Doi Suthep outside of town, went for an evening chat with some monks at ...

... supplement
their Banana rations with some Watermelon that i had in my backpack
from the market, well Tom (im getting sick of writing Elephant so
from now he’s Tom) didn’t take to kindly to being giving food
outside his normal Diet and as soon as i gave them to him he lifted
back up his Trunk and blew them all over me and my white T-Shirt, O
how we laughed (i was started to think about the Hook in a new light)
Elephant riding is alot of fun but the drivers ...

... i bambus rafting nidur 'a, fossa og fludir, forum i vatsslag og spyrnu a anni. Hressandi eftir skituga, svefnlausa og sveitta 3 daga. Settumst i trukkinn (sem var by the way thai style: pick-up med 8 manns aftan a pallinum. tak yfir.) og tad byrjadi strax ad rigna! va hvad vid vorum heppin.
Um kvoldid forum vid oll ut til ad fagna tvi ad vid klarudum tetta. eg hefdi aldrei truad tvi ad bresku stelpurnar vaeru typur i tetta. aldrei ad daema fyrirfram. a medan eg pakkadi ...

... The hotel staff was all abuzz today making preparations for her stay. There were dozens of security guards, a red carpet, and (our favorite) a personal purse holder for the princess onsite. We did finally get a look at royalty when she walked by our table on the way out from lunch, but we were disappointed by the lack of a tiara.

Jenn and I opted for a post-lunch traditional Thai massage. Thai massages are kind of like a yoga ...

... We were then taken back to our guesthouse where we said bye to our fellow travelers and had a welcome shower. We wandered down to the airport plaza again in high spirits where we had a pizza and a bit of air-con! Then we bought some cake and went to eat it and relax in our room (which, by the way, they upgraded to a 'suite' room which had a kind of balcony and a nicer fan!) We packed up ready to go to KL in the morning.

... able to eat everything on the menu and a huge variety to choose from. Had some yummy fried mushroom cakes (very spicy!), followed by noodle soup and then the biggest platter of tropical fruits (some of which I have NO idea what they were – one looked like beetroot with seeds in). They do Thai cookery classes there, so might do one in the coming weeks. Also picked up some info on an elephant sanctuary the restaurant sponsors ...

... the way Much cleaner than Bangkok The people are very nice, have a great sense of humour and love to sing The food can be very good or below average (normally the restaurants that try to do a bit of everything, fail to do anything well) All in all, a great city to visit

... Jessie and myself all I could find was a pair of blue adidas that still hurt my feet. I started to purchase them hoping for the best when the clerk clarified a couple of things for us...The sizing was UK. UGHHHH!!! So we started all over again. This time I found a pair of black pumas that I liked and didn't hurt my feet. 3495 baht. I will let you figure that one out. I decided it was time to thrust Jessie into the drivers seat, it was the funniest experience I have had on ...

... have mercy on my soul. in the car, my host seemed hesitant to speak. i broke the ice by thanking him for his hospitality and then asked questions about his green patch of the planet as we drove onward, through the gates of the old city, to the gongkaew guesthouse. rolling down the driveway, my heart skipped several beats. maybe it was the sandwich i ate on the flight, but the tranquillity of the grassy abode shook me to the core. the last remaining ...

Our 3-hour stopover turned into 5 hours but it couldn't happen in a nicer airport. It has shops everywhere, gardens, lounges, TVs. There is an orchid garden, outside sunflower garden, movie theatre, free internet, massage chairs (so good) and lying down sleeping chairs. We boarded our 9.45 am flight to Bangkok and 1-1/2 hours later were still on the tarmac. They announced we had a fuel leak and they would change ...