Adams flat tire was a set back yes, but I merely made the best of it =) I don't think the guys were bitter at me riding down the easy terrain while they walked... but maybe waiting for them with a cool beverage at each street side hut was a bit much... But hey, I was the first one to see where we should of turned off, and the first one to map out the turnoff to the pool... a leader you could say !
Now that I have defended myself-- all three of us are feeling refreshed and rested after a night in Chiang Mai... upon arrival we decided to get a taste of home with an enormous double cheese burger and fries. Overpriced yes, but tasty. The regret was that 10 minutes after our meal we discovered the biggest Sunday market in Thailand.... for the Victoria crowd, picture Douglas street lined with hundreds of vendors selling clothes, jewellrey, paintings, carvings etc etc and then all the parking lots crowded with food stands and people vying for a stool seat to eat their 25cent curry..... my fav was the green curry with coconut milk
Today is the last day we have to conquer Chiang Mai and it has involved the Zoo (great local species but as always, semi depressing).. the big attraction for the Thai people was refrigerated penguins.. the Zoo was only in passing on our way too Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep.. a towering temple that you have to walk many steps to reach.. amazing stuff and a great view of the entire city, but unfortunately camera compatibility problems continue. They will start to come in piles.
Lastly, a quick shout out to Joe Brooker, who's Colts pulled out a stellar 2 minute drill to take their arch rival, the Patriots.... we caught the 4th quarter live at 10 am... If the super bowl is being televised in Loas, we'll find it!
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IF you want to find Buddah, smoke some opium
if you want buddah to find you, eat some
I can't believe you write football shoutouts all the way from asia... very disappointing for the readers (or maybe just me.)
I thought the same about the game! Always fun to watch a team down, come back to win it. Even in Asia, football exists- as you said, the world is not as large (or necessarily different) as some think. Love the pics when you can get them online. :)
-cousin laurie
I'm with Suzie. There will continue to be a tourist/traveller divide if you refuse to let home go for the short-short time you're there. Embrace the Thai sport standings if you need a sport-fix. Otherwise live the moment you're living, and forget the moment you're not. Feel me?
Simply, I've got Jesse's back on this one. Travelling, we meet so many people, and we find ourselves stuck in conversations about religion or politics or anything like that where people are way too attached to their loyalties. You avoid all the pretension that comes with those conversations and it's all smiles and good times(you can add movies to the list of religion and politics...oh, and books). Sports are as easy to talk about as the weather and as universal...We watched the Chelsea-Liverpool game in Pai with a bunch of locals and tourists (everyone hating on Chelsea of course) and it was a great time. The locals were more into it than anyone else. Plus, Jesse was just giving a shout out to the most diehard sports fan of anyone we know (Joe Brooker if there's any doubt) on a big win....it's not all about us, ya know.
I agree with you, Hort, on embracing some of the Thai sporting which we have.... watching some Muay Thai boxing, playing soccer with a bunch of schoolkids in Chiang Mai, and buying a Tako ball (a game like volleyball except with your feet and your head....Miles actually introduced it to us in Vic) and hacking it around whenever we get a chance (i admit not too often).
Just my thoughts. Plus I kind of harped on Jesse in my latest entry so I had to give him some love.
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