Rainy day in Nan.
Trip Start
Oct 27, 2005
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Trip End
Nov 02, 2005
Nan Town,
Thailand
Sunday, October 30, 2005
After checking in at the new place, I had a shower and breakfast and was feeling great to be in a more comfortable environment. I went downstairs to find it pouring down rain, so I went back up to the room for a nap. (I hadn't slept very well in my charming hotel the night before.)
Eventually I made it down to the river to see the boat races, which take place one weekend a year here and happened to be going on during this, my one weekend of my life, in Nan. As soon as I can, I'll post a few pictures of these amazing boats.
The rest of the day was spent looking around the town and trying to find food
01-Annual boat races in Nan
. The rain put a damper on my mood and I ended up back in the room reading and taking a few naps during the course of the day.I also made arrangements to have my gal come up from Bangkok tomorrow to join me for the rest of the trip. She should arrive by the same VIP bus that I took - at around 5 or 6 tomorrow morning. Hopefully she'll be able to help me find better places to eat!
Now for some general observations: Invariably, on every trip that I take, I forget something at home. This time was no different: I forgot to bring my comfortable walking sandals. I also left behind something intentionally: I didn't bring my shaving gear as I figure I can easily go for a week without shaving and nobody will notice. Nobody that I know, in any case.
This time, however, was the first time that I accidentally BROUGHT something along that I didn't mean to: An extra key to my apartment. I have one set of all of my keys on a key ring and I thought that I would leave that behind and bring only the actual key to my apartment, which I had already put in my pocket. Then, at the last minute, I realized that I had forgotten my Skytrain card in my safe
02-Cheering section for boat races
. When I removed the card from the safe, I, out of habit, put my key ring with all of my keys into my pocket as well. This meant that I had my entire key ring - plus one extra copy of my apartment key. This would be completely un-newsworthy - except that I lost the darned single key to my apartment! It just up and disappeared. That would also be a minor inconvenience except that for security reasons, it is a key that cannot be duplicated. Which means that I now have only one key to my aparment. Which means that I'll probably have to change the xxxx lock (at a cost of over a hundred dollars) just to get another key. Aargh! Aside from that, I spent countless hours over the past couple of days looking for the key. This is altogether unsettling - kind of like when I lost my notebook in Brazil. Oh, well - at least it is a problem to which there is a solution. 
