Thailand, Day .5 and Day 1
We arrived in Chiang Mai last night around 6pm. It’s one of the most beautiful cities I’ve ever seen. Here’s a partial list of the last day and a bit:
- Eating khao soi (curry noodles) at a roadside stand
- Staying in the most awesomely decorated guest house ever
- Eating rice porridge with egg and scallions and sweet coffee for breakfast
- Coconut ice cream, in a freshly opened coconut, covered with sweetened condensed milk, dried sweetened mung beans (maybe?), some unidentified gelatinous sweet things, and fresh coconut
- Hanging out in a bar that’s basically a roof over some tables, with a Thai man playing Stairway to Heaven on the guitar, eating piles of Thai food
- Hanging out with old and new friends
- The Chiang Mai Insect Museum
- Ordering Phad Thai at the lunch cafeteria at the nursing school (and getting laughed at in a nice way by the man in front us)
- Drinking beer at an expat improv jazz bar
- Getting Thai massages
- Riding three on a scooter and two on a bike
- Riding in a tuk tuk (scooter type thing with a three-seat cart attached)
- Riding in a song-thew (converted pick up truck)
- Eating (Dave) and not eating (Suzanne) deep fried toad skin
- Eating tempura apple
- Lots and lots of coffee with sweetened condensed milk
We like Thailand quite a lot so far! More to come tomorrow, with photos
