Southeast Asia

Having now been in Pai over a week its time to move on. We spent the morning sorting out what the plan was and then went to get ourselves packed up. Paid for the accommodation for the past 8 nights which cost and entire 600B ($20). Dee, Brendan and I were booked on a minivan to Chiang Mai for 3:00pm. I quickly ran out at about 2:30 to do another book swap while the others ran off t the Internet. Swapped my book for Dan Browns “Digital Fortress” and then went and waited for the others at the bus stop. By 3:00 the bus was ready to go, yet Brendan and Dee were nowhere to be found. After miming to the driver that 2 people were missing I ran off to find them, we were all packed in and ready to go at 3:10.

After to bus ordeal to Pai I decided that for 150B more than the bus an aircon minivan with copious amounts of legroom was justifiable. The only downsides to the ride were an obnoxious American girl who talked about Cambodia and the Khmer Rogue as though it was a scam in order for the country to beg tourists for money and an incredibly annoying Canadian girl who talked about anything, everything and more without stopping for a breath. Thankfully Dee chatted to her and I could put my earphones in. We arrived in Chiang Mai in less than 4 hours and decided to stay at the Chiang Mai inn guesthouse where Dee had stayed previously. The walk there took 10 mins and saved 30B on a tuk tuk. A triple room for the night was only 200B, just over $2 each and we had our own bathroom.

Decided to check out the famous Chiang Mai night bazaar so that I could buy a hoodie since the weather this far north is quite cold and not likely to warm up at all as we head northeast towards Laos. Ended up a hoodie and much more. I bought some paintings and also some souvenir chopsticks, ill have to send it all home tomorrow. We stopped for Indian for dinner but I didn’t eat much. I haven’t felt particularly good all day, I’m waiting for the diarrhea to set in. Caught a tuk tuk back at about 10:00 and back in the room I promptly fell asleep.

Well, im now 21. i’ll be honest, it doesnt feel any different to being 20, but now i am legally considered an adult anywhere in the world. Look out world….

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