Still Alive in Chiang Mai

Crazy tales from Chaing Mai... trying to leave, and hopefully tomorrow that will be a reality.

Just ate Japanese food at the Fuji restaurant with Kyi Kyi, and now spending my day listening to her talk to all her friends in Thai/Burmese/Chan, etc. Trying to be interested for a little bit but then I just drift off into some day dream or another...Got a call from Nate today. He's still over in Vientiane Laos with Tune. Last time I saw him he had said "see you in an hour", and now it's been about 3 days since I saw him last, racing down the streets of Chiang Mai with Tune in a Tuk Tuk heading to check bus tickets . He lucked out and got the "very last" seat on the bus - a wet unreclinable seat next to the toilet. On a overnight 12 hours bus trip through northern Thailand, probably not going to be the most comfortable way to travel. Tune had to do a visa run, and last minute Nate split too. As for Jay he split for Pai before I had the chance to see him after his 3 days of volunteering on a kayaking trip. Maybe I'll see him down the road in a couple of weeks. As for me all's well, got a free place to stay and classical guitar to play whenever I want. Even got a couple of songs in the making...

As stands now, I'll head up to Chaing Rai tomorrow morning for a 4 hour bus trip and then spend a couple of days up there. Convieniently I be pretty close to Burma so I'll be able to do a quick visa run over there. Hard to believe another 2 weeks will be up in 3 days. Not sure what or where to go after that, probably just come back down the Chaing Mai to hang out with Nate before he heads out next week enroute to be flyfishing guide in Alaska. Then again, maybe he'll decide to stay in Thailand. I think that might be the last I'll see of Nate for a spell considering we won't be meeting back up in Hong Kong.