So, I ended off telling you about my experiences getting an exchange on my CD player.
For lunch today, Court and I visited the street vendors. Court had Pat Thai (everyplace spells it different), and I had a chicken omelette on rice. It was sooooooo good.
The minibus didn't come to pick us up for our trip to Chiang Mai. Instead a guy came and made us walk to the big bus, about half a kilometre away. That was the first time we've actually had to carry our backpacks any distance. Bus left about 8:00PM. It was cold on the bus, as per usual. Court was freezing, she was covering herself head to toe in blankets. She had her own blanket (the bus company supplied them), and had half of mine wrapped around her, including her head. I wish I had a picture.
We got to Chiang Mai about 5:30 in the morning. The bus stopped at the Paradise Guest House. When we got off, we could feel the cooler air of the night compared to the hot and stuffy feeling down south. Paradise Guest House is NICE. Swimming pool, warm showers in every room, and only 200 baht/night. We're giddy with excitement about having a hot shower, the first one in about 4 weeks!! We did plan on going to Pai right away, and not staying in Chiang Mai, but changed our plans after seeing the guest house. Plus the fact that we didn't sleep on the bus, we decided to book a room at the Paradise, and we'll head to Pai tomorrow.
Court thinks she's going to like northern Thialand, it's a lot cooler.
More notes:
- the Thai people seem to be very family oriented (as I think most Asian cultures are).
- no greeting cards to be found anywhere!!! Nothing! Maybe I just wasn't looking in the right spot, but I couldn't find a Valentine's card at all. I had to make my own.
- but, they do celebrate Valentine's Day here!
- we ran into Lane from Lethbridge again last night. We first met him in KL a few weeks ago. Weird how you keep running to people you've met earlier.
- Advice for anyone planning a trip to SE Asia. DO NOT bring any clothes, other than what you're wearing. You can buy clothes so cheap here, and , if you're a natural shopper anyway (like Court), you'll end up buying lots of new clothes anyway. People told us before we left not to bring a lot of clothes, but we didn't heed their warnings, and ended up sending stuff back or just leaving it behind.
That's Valentine's Day in a nutshell!
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