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Wall and window- Chiang Mai
I love Chiang Mai. If it offered somewhere to go windsurfing, I would move there now. The old city is a warren of temples, craft shops, restaurants and coffee houses. There is a pleasant, relaxed vibe; helped along by the helpful locals and the absence of the tattoo and beer gut brigade that descends on Pattaya. The surrounding countryside offers places I would be happy to call home. One day, the object of your belief system willing, we will move there.
Meantime I have to make do with an occasional visit. A couple of days in Chiang Mai; road trip; a day and a bit in Chiang Rai; and now we are home. She who must be obeyed has done much shopping, I have many photos, and the cats are very pleased to see us. But we still have visitors, so photos must wait until tomorrow.
In the meantime, amuse yourself with wondering what this is:
Answers on a postcard, or a comment.
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:33 am
I spent a week in Chang Mai in late November and loved it, for pretty much the same reasons you describe, and its a hell of a lot cheaper than Phuket.
Try mountain biking, white water rafting and hiking, no the same as buzzing across the waves under the power of the wind but still challenging.
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Looks suspiciously like something on fire to me.
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Surely this is the fire you started to get warm and fend off the appalling 17 degrees night time temperatures?
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Correct. Sadly it got a little out of hand. Full story tomorrow.
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Hey Spike, looks to me like an out of control creation. What have you done about your/our friend Sompost?
Look forward to more pics and isn’t it about time you were out at the racetrack and seeing Khun Narin (I think that is her name)
Don’t get me wrong I like the horse pictures. I used to play polocrosse but the raceday pictures are nice as well
January 24th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Up Helly Aa, is always the last Tuesday in January, your’e maybe a bit premature!!!
January 24th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Looks to me like the Bar B Q I tried to start the other day. Wife was a little annoyed when the house when up in flames. But we where warm.
January 24th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Is it a monk’s funeral pyre?
January 24th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
No
January 24th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Are you sure?
January 25th, 2010 at 8:39 am
In these troubled times, genuinej, how can we be sure about anything? So the answer would have to be: no.