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Trip Start Jan 22, 2008

Trip End Apr 16, 2008

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Well, here we are back in Bangkok again! Just an overnighter as we head off to Bhutan tomorrow morning on a 5 AM flight. We've got to be at the airport by 3 AM so it will be an early night for us. Tharchean will be meeting us at the airport and has a bit of an agenda for us - at least it sounds that way. We will see what all he has planned when we get there, but either way - we are going to have a great time in Bhutan.

Time was running out in northern Thailand so we just did a quick walk-about the day before we left. We visited only a few of the several temples in Chiang Mai. There are 50-60 temples there so we were selective and enjoyed one of their most famous - Wat Phra Sing - which unfortunately was under repair when we were there. The other was Wat Suan Dok, where we got to enjoy the splender of the Wat during sunset. When the monks gonged the big bell around 6:00 or so all of the dogs on the property and the neighbourhood went bonkers! If you can imagine, there were at least 30 dogs howling and barking during the bell ringing session.

In the evening, we enjoyed dinner at the Riverside Restaurant with a live band and tasty food. A few cold beers too, of course! And then a nice hot and sticky stroll through the night market and back to the hotel.

With time having run out on us we were unable to go and visit the refugee camps as previously planned as we needed to get back to Bangkok for our flight.

Take care.

Norm and Sharon