Chiang Mai
I'm writing you all from Chiang Mai!!
The city is great, and a little hectic at the same time, kinda like a mini-Bangkok.
One of my motivations for coming here is that I would have a place to stay at, (some family friends have a vacant house just outside of the city). Anyway, I realize that it is a bit too far and out on my own until I make some connections in the city, and rent/possibly buy a motor bike to get there and back, and until i know some thai. Anyway, it is still a possibility to stay there at some point.
Anyway, again, I was feeling a little down when I first arrived here. I had just spent 24 hours with one of Jedapa's friends who doesn't speak any English, and we were trying to communicate using my phrase book. Needless to say, it was very difficult, and we made numerous phone calls to Michael, the friend here who speaks thai and english. It was sooo nice of her to help me out, the thai people are really great people, but I think we were both a little overwhelmed. Through language difficulties, I ended up staying somewhere that i didn't really want to. For the quality, it was definitely overpriced and kinda out of town. The people who worked there were up until about 3 am watching TV, unusually loud though, and it seemed to echo in my room! I opened the door so that they could see me, gave them a dirty look and then slammed with door!! Then about 4 am, all these motorbikes started coming through the streets to set up for the market, and there was a rooster that kept crowing continually from 4am-7am.
The next day, I ventured into the city and signed up for a Thai language course, first thing!! The 6 week class just so happens to be starting next Monday! Perfect timing.
I was dodging cars and motorbikes, walking down the main street when I saw this lovely, enchanting garden cafe that said it has free wireless Internet!! It seemed like such a quaint oasis right in the middle of the busy town! I started chatting with the owner from England (he's married to a thai woman). anyway, he was very nice, and gave me a lot of good info. They rent out 3 rooms, and one of them just opened up!! I looked at it, and it was sooo nice!! Air conditioning, really clean, and a very nice hot shower/ bath. It actually is the same price/a little less than the dive that I was staying at, not to mention i'll be saving money with free Internet, and I have both a thai and western connection here. I feel relaxed and at home here!! Right behind us there is a monastary and I can see the monks from my room!! I'll be here for the next month!!
The city is great, and a little hectic at the same time, kinda like a mini-Bangkok.
One of my motivations for coming here is that I would have a place to stay at, (some family friends have a vacant house just outside of the city). Anyway, I realize that it is a bit too far and out on my own until I make some connections in the city, and rent/possibly buy a motor bike to get there and back, and until i know some thai. Anyway, it is still a possibility to stay there at some point.
Anyway, again, I was feeling a little down when I first arrived here. I had just spent 24 hours with one of Jedapa's friends who doesn't speak any English, and we were trying to communicate using my phrase book. Needless to say, it was very difficult, and we made numerous phone calls to Michael, the friend here who speaks thai and english. It was sooo nice of her to help me out, the thai people are really great people, but I think we were both a little overwhelmed. Through language difficulties, I ended up staying somewhere that i didn't really want to. For the quality, it was definitely overpriced and kinda out of town. The people who worked there were up until about 3 am watching TV, unusually loud though, and it seemed to echo in my room! I opened the door so that they could see me, gave them a dirty look and then slammed with door!! Then about 4 am, all these motorbikes started coming through the streets to set up for the market, and there was a rooster that kept crowing continually from 4am-7am.
The next day, I ventured into the city and signed up for a Thai language course, first thing!! The 6 week class just so happens to be starting next Monday! Perfect timing.
I was dodging cars and motorbikes, walking down the main street when I saw this lovely, enchanting garden cafe that said it has free wireless Internet!! It seemed like such a quaint oasis right in the middle of the busy town! I started chatting with the owner from England (he's married to a thai woman). anyway, he was very nice, and gave me a lot of good info. They rent out 3 rooms, and one of them just opened up!! I looked at it, and it was sooo nice!! Air conditioning, really clean, and a very nice hot shower/ bath. It actually is the same price/a little less than the dive that I was staying at, not to mention i'll be saving money with free Internet, and I have both a thai and western connection here. I feel relaxed and at home here!! Right behind us there is a monastary and I can see the monks from my room!! I'll be here for the next month!!
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