Chiang Mai, Thailand, 17 January 2007
We spent one last night in Sukhothai, mentionable only because we had dinner with an Irish couple we met on the bus (who turned out later not to be a couple, much to Alastair's and my excitement because they were both pretty hot and we had already agreed that if swinging was what was required, swinging was what it was going be) (not really) (ok, maybe). Thanks to the Rough Guide, a veritable travel bible, we found this tiny little restaurant hidden in a shack over looking the river and had some of the best food we've had in Thailand and about 20 beers each (as I mentioned, they were Irish).
Highlights of the evening include the part where we found out they weren't a couple and weren't sure if they were just pulling our legs about sleeping in twin beds ("because you go to hell, you see"). Also the part where Alastair told them an Irish joke, in an Irish accent (liberally peppered with 'BeJeysus's', 'tinks' and 'Jesus, Mary and Joseph's'). Eventually the restaurant staff refused to serve us any more beer and kicked us out.
And now we are in Chiang Mai and I am in love (not with the Irish couple). It's a beautiful, characterfilled city-around-a-moat, full of bookshops and restaurants. Every meal is an exploration and I got to spend 3 hours in a book shop yesterday (these are all second hand bookshops where travellers swop their books for new ones, so classics and great reads abound). Currently reading the "Time traveller's wife" which is light hearted and, so far, a commentary on age and love (mostly age).
Al is ill at the moment and this keeps him holed up in the guest house. When he's well we'll do a Thai cookery course ( I ate at the restaurant that runs this course last night and had the tastiest Mussuman curry) and possibly visit the Elephant Nature Park (which houses and rehabilitates elephants which have been abused and mistreated) and Al wants to spend 3 days doing a meditation course at a temple so while he does that I'll take a trip out to a dam east of the city and do some more climbing.
Very satisfied with life right now. The only hardship is preventing myself from buying books or presents for everyone because I won't be able to lug them through Cambodia and Vietnam.
Highlights of the evening include the part where we found out they weren't a couple and weren't sure if they were just pulling our legs about sleeping in twin beds ("because you go to hell, you see"). Also the part where Alastair told them an Irish joke, in an Irish accent (liberally peppered with 'BeJeysus's', 'tinks' and 'Jesus, Mary and Joseph's'). Eventually the restaurant staff refused to serve us any more beer and kicked us out.
And now we are in Chiang Mai and I am in love (not with the Irish couple). It's a beautiful, characterfilled city-around-a-moat, full of bookshops and restaurants. Every meal is an exploration and I got to spend 3 hours in a book shop yesterday (these are all second hand bookshops where travellers swop their books for new ones, so classics and great reads abound). Currently reading the "Time traveller's wife" which is light hearted and, so far, a commentary on age and love (mostly age).
Al is ill at the moment and this keeps him holed up in the guest house. When he's well we'll do a Thai cookery course ( I ate at the restaurant that runs this course last night and had the tastiest Mussuman curry) and possibly visit the Elephant Nature Park (which houses and rehabilitates elephants which have been abused and mistreated) and Al wants to spend 3 days doing a meditation course at a temple so while he does that I'll take a trip out to a dam east of the city and do some more climbing.
Very satisfied with life right now. The only hardship is preventing myself from buying books or presents for everyone because I won't be able to lug them through Cambodia and Vietnam.
posted by Kait at 2:36 pm
2 Comments:
Love reading your blog miss Laing. Wish I could drink beer and pretend I'm Irish. Wish I could read for days and meditate and night. Wish you well.
A very awesome read, Laingathon. Thank you. I think it's wonderful that you are having such a great time. I long for the days when I will be able to write a travel blog. Not too long now, I should imagine.
Post a Comment
<< Home