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... We went to the riverside for dinner that night (it lived up to all the guidebooks raves about it). we then headed into old town for a couple of drinks at the UN irish pub. It was originally owned by an irish lady but it has since been sold onto people from several nationalities, hence the UN part.

Back to the guesthouse for an early night as we have a busy day tommorrow.

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... be seen even though they are obviously very touristy. We have only had 3 meals out of the hotel so far as the food at the Manadarin Oriental is very good; the Thai rest particularly is excellent. There is a Thai dance show every evening from 8 till 9 and a gourmand menu for 1300 baht excluding wine. Good value couldnt eat it all. The Gallery rest. by the river has a nice ambience and mid range prices for tasty food ...

... of the "must see’s" of Chiang Mai. Many cities in Thailand host night markets, as the temperature finally relents after sunset. This one was fairly touristy (McDonald’s is definitely not part of a traditional Thai marketplace,) but was a fun experience. We explored for a couple of hours and barely began to even scratch the surface.

Our first full day in Chiang Mai was spent exploring the old town, the walled original section of the city ...

... big grasshoppers, but the mole crickets stole the show. I wish now I had scooped all of the mole crickets out the pool drain as a child and fried them up. Maybe a little roadside stand on the side of 190 East. I could be rich right now. Shoulda woulda coulda...

I found some people at the market that were at the hostel and took them to Rooftop bar. We had a good time. Mostly talks about comparisons between American and English sports and travel. Same ol same ...

... as the place with the most people which we had found was an internet cafe we gave up and went back. We were just chilling and reading on the balcony/corridor outside our room when the old Japanese man next door came back to his room. We had met him the night before sat in the same place and had had a very interesting conversation as he speaks about as much English as we do Japanese. So he spoke to us in Japanese and we spoke to us in English. It was good ...

... there sharply winded through lush, green mountains. The scenery was beautiful but for me, who is prone to getting car sick, it was a rough ride! We all enjoyed the quaint town of Pai very much. We didn't do much sight seeing here but enjoyed strolling the streets of the town, checking out the street vendors and listening to live music at night. We signed up for an all day Thai cooking class and started with a morning trip to the market where our Thai ...

... We said goodbye to a couple of litters of puppies that were living around our hut, and walked on for the next stage. We stopped for lunch at another village. All of us were happy to rest for half an hour to an hour, but the guides wanted their siestas, so we ended up doing very little for three hours. We continued walking on a much flatter route than the day before, going through rice fields and jungle, arriving at the hut for the second ...

Brad sent a text and it woke me at 4.45 am!! Couldn't get back to sleep but let Nathan sleep till 8.30 am – so he had a good 12 hours. We went over to the verandah of the main house for breakfast where we were served breakfast of tea/coffee, juice, chopped fruit and then a choice of hot breakfast. I had a Thai omelette on rice which was really ...