CHIANG MAI, THAILAND
made it here fine, despite staying awake all night (my day by brain/jetlag) at the Bangkok airport, so I'd been awake over a day, before flying to Chiang Mai...
Thailand is beautiful... but rainy, a huge rain storm yesterday afternoon, woke me from my nap, after which I returned to sleep... though my hostel is next to an Irish pub, I slept until midnight when the sudden cesation of festivities woke me... everything smells green, a flower similar to jasmine overpowers the senses, wood shavings that smell of sandlewood and cinamon, pools of water,...
the temples are amazing, walked around some yesterday looking for food and just to stroll... check out a library book to see what I mean, great carvings of curliques and dragons overlaid in gold, and not museum dead, but truly alive with monks wandering about in their orange robes...
and the food is wonderful, even the soup at the crusty loaf bakery, was better than anything I've had in USA, only because all the herbs and spices and chilies are here... there is actually a little chili called mouse turd... yum... the hostel I'm at is also a cooking school... too bad the beds are so hard I wont be able to sleep unless exhausted, my hips still feel numb 3 hrs after getting out of bed...
now I remember why I loved it here... as anywhere I'm sure eventually I'll want to return to somewhere that I know people and dont have to struggle with language and cultural differences... until then, my massage course starts monday and I'm excited...
love you
Laurel
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