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So we're here in Chiang Mai in the north of Thailand for three weeks so we can learn some Thai on a language course. All eighteen of us met up and it was great to hear everyone's stories. Now those of you who have better memories will remember there twenty of us. Not so any more. Two people (or one partership) only stuck it out for a month and are back home in Britain. Chiang Mai as a place is very touristy and its weird seeing white people (or farang) again. There's so much stuff to do like 'Flight of the Gibbon' (like Go Ape but with more gibbons) and Tiger sancturaries and Elephant Trekking. We've seen a few elephants wandering the streets with their 'owners' and you can pay to feed them but it's actually quite a sad sight. But anyway, this should all make three great weeks!
So we're here in Chiang Mai in the north of Thailand for three weeks so we can learn some Thai on a language course. All eighteen of us met up and it was great to hear everyone's stories. Now those of you who have better memories will remember there twenty of us. Not so any more. Two people (or one partership) only stuck it out for a month and are back home in Britain. Chiang Mai as a place is very touristy and its weird seeing white people (or farang) again. There's so much stuff to do like 'Flight of the Gibbon' (like Go Ape but with more gibbons) and Tiger sancturaries and Elephant Trekking. We've seen a few elephants wandering the streets with their 'owners' and you can pay to feed them but it's actually quite a sad sight. But anyway, this should all make three great weeks!
The journey here however was not so thrilling. It took us sixteen hours on an overnight bus and although the it was very luxurious(built in massagers in the chairs and fully reclining seats etc) it was still a bus and I didn't get much sleep. We all went to a night bazaar on our first night and saw many pretty things for sale.
A few more cultural things:
If you're female, DO NOT touch a monk. My friend did (by accident) and the poor man was horrified.
Here it's the year 2553 (their dates are different) and I can tell you now people the future's bright. Though not so much orange.
If you so much as cough, you'll be bombarded by health questions and possibly be taken to a doctor for no reason.
If you don't like rice, don't come here. And it's easy to stay vegetarian (so I've been told) if you like seafood. Especially squid.
Well now I'm off to a walking market that I'm sure is not much different to an ordinary market but hey.
Sawat Dee Ka!
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