Back to Chiang Mai
Beelz n I said goodbyes to our new friend Catie, who now seemed like an old friend, and wlked into town to catch a mini van back to Chaing Mai. Catie decided to stay yet another day and dropped her next stop Chiang Rai to have more time in ”utopai”. We had to get back to collect our vietnam visas in time for me to get to the immigration office at the airport to get a new departure card so that we could collect our India visas tomorow morining. If we didn”t make it in time we”d be stuck through the weekend and that would throw our schedule way off.
Expecting the same white knuckle ride, we boarded our locals only mini bus/van headed back thru the mt town, hilltribes, and I don”t know how but the trip that took 5 hrs to get there only took 2.5 getting back. And we got free water. score. Bus was bombarded w/ taxi / songtheau / tuk tuk drivers as usual on arrival. Now being seasoned professional hagglers, we did the gasp and refuse the suggested price walk away in disgust 3 ft, get called back for the ”real” price dance. I jumped another tuk tuk to immigration which truned out to only handle visa extensions, and had to go to the airport. CM airport is as nice as any us airport, clean, bright, well signed and it was a breeze to get my papers in order.
Dinner was a smorgasboard of street food at the night market. Steaming soups, meats on sticks, corn on the cob, spring rolls, waffle baslls. Anything you want they will make it right in front of you w/ a gas propaine fueled bbq that rolls away when the sun sets. Followeed the locas lead and headed to the bustling carts. Eating seems a very social sport here and thai”s constantly are nibbling on something.
*Food Highlight: Spring rolls full of rice noodles and topped w/ tiny little deep fried crawfish? only 5mm long and super spicy!*
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