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It’s on. For the next week, Tom and I will be motorbiking around north-eastern Thailand. We currently don’t have a route planned, but we do have a map, and that’s a start. After the trip, our 30-day visa runs out, so we’ll take a bus to northern Laos and continue the adventure there. We’ll be [...] Today was great. We rode scooters up a green mountain on a windy road. We visited a temple and got caught in a rain storm. We strolled through the gardens of a palace. And we drove through the clouds on the way home. Today was also great because we got to hang out again [...] Yesterday, I completed (and graduated from!) a one week, 30-hour Thai Massage course here in Chiang Mai. Every morning, after a delicious breakfast of pancakes and mangos, I’d walk the two blocks from our guesthouse to ITM, the massage school. Each morning, we would spend 45 minutes practicing a mixture of yoga, tai-chi, and qi [...] After a few unplanned off-road experiences within the first few minutes, Tom and I thoroughly enjoyed the hour motorcycle (really, it’s a scooter) ride through Chiang Dao. It was officially awesome. In other news, we’re back in Chiang Mai, where I am taking a week long Thai Massage course. Tom will probably spend this week [...] Arriving in Chiang Dao a few days ago, Blair and I made our way out of the small bus terminal built for about four buses, and onto the main road. It was hard to say whether we had passed the town center on the way in. Looking to our right down the road where the [...] Yesterday was a success. We started the day with an a.m.a.z.i.n.g breakfast, which included local fruit crepes for me, and a good ol’ western style breakfast for Tom. We then loaded up on the sunscreen and bug repellant, and headed to the Chiang Dao Cave. A word about caves: if you are at all claustrophobic, [...] Yesterday, we arrived to the quiet, mountain town of Chiang Dao, thanks to the recommendation of our friend Ian (hi Ian!) back in San Diego. It’s beautiful, quiet, and um BEAUTIFUL! We took a walk yesterday evening, looking for a local place to eat. On the way, we ran into three young girls who smiled, [...] Yesterday, Tom and I went on the traditional farang (tourist) activity of attending a Thai cooking course in Chiang Mai. And it was awesome. We chose one that was located on an organic farm, and while all of our ingredients did not come from the farm, it was good to see how their garden worked. [...] A few days ago, we (Tom, Justin, and myself) all stuck our feet into a mini-pool at our hostel, and got a ‘fish pedicure.’ It’s to say, that hundreds of small fish nibbled at the dead skin on our feet, and twenty minutes later, we emerged with soft(er) footsies. When I told this to my [...] We LOVE Thailand. The food, the ease of transport, the people, and the (low) prices. We don’t really love the humidity or the mosquitos, but you know, that’s okay. We spent our first two days in Bangkok, and I have to admit, I had low expectations for the city. But it wasn’t that bad; it [...] |
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