OK, I cannot tell a lie. The unreliable Internet isn’t the ONLY reason new blog posts have been delayed. It’s about the halfway point in the trip, and Chang Mai is the perfect place to just relax…
…take it slow, and watch time fly by…
…and watch parades walk by.
We’ve also been taking some time to catch up on some long overdue work.
We’re now on our second hotel here, as the first one was trying to charge an exorbitant rate for WiFi. So we are boycotting, and moving locations somewhere closer to Ricks restaurant.
Speaking of Paradise Pizza… tonight, Rick invited us out to celebrate the 4 year anniversary of the restaurant. Congrats Rick!
It was also A’s birthday, so it was a duel celebration.
If I ever expect to beat her in a game of ping pong… she’s going to need to finish that drink! And probably several more. Argh!
Authored by: Jason on November 24, 2008.
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As you may be aware, blog posts here have been a bit backlogged as of late. It’s not my fault! I blame the Internet connectivity here in Thailand.
We arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok from Japan on time…
…but like most things in Thailand, things tend to work only about 85% of the time. So our connecting flight to Chang Mai was delayed by about an hour. Upon arriving at Chang Mai airport…
Rick picked us up, and drove us into the old city. He took us to the most high-powered pizza parlor in all of Thailand…
Paradise Pizza located at 7/2 Ratchawitchi Road (try the chicken parmigiana sandwich! </shameless-plug>). After scarfing down a few slices of pie, and sampling the very tasty sour cream coffee cake, Rick helped us check into our hotel, and secured a nice room up on the 12 floor with a view of the city and the mountains.
The next day we just sort of wandered around the old city. The cool thing about Thailand, and Chang Mai especially is that you can stumble across some very intricate buddist temples on almost every block. Sometimes they are tucked in behind a building and harder to find…
…and other times they are really obvious and stick out like a beautiful golden sore thumb..
Authored by: Jason on November 22, 2008.
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