Culture cancelled

A full blown thunderstorm this afternoon put paid to our plans to visit the Karen Long Neck cultural village to deliver the newly made tables and seats and to conduct Sunday School. Apart from the fact that the timber (and us) would have gotten soaked, the village would have been a slippery quagmire with torrents of water running through the Main Street.
We’ll need to find another time to make the delivery.
The morning was typically busy and hot. Loss and I were not required around lunchtime today so we slipped away for a delightful lunch a few minutes up the road at Fleur. The location was incredibly unlikely but the food, coffee and ambience of the place were excellent.
The afternoon rainstorm also cancelled the heat.
For the first time since we arrived it was pleasant enough during daylight hours to feel inclined to get some real exercise. I donned the joggers and went for a brisk walk but after a short while I was forced to retreat to avoid the crowds still celebrating Songkran by drenching passers-by with water. There is only so many times you can smile while being made soggy yet again.
Some board and card games were also enjoyed. As you can imagine, the Farang participants were highly animated, loud and competitive.
Pre dinner Bible reading was presented then the boys all left for our night off. Into the crowded Chiang Mai city with festivities still in full swing, we enjoyed a 1.5 hour massage followed by dinner at an upmarket(ish) burger joint called Rockme burgers.
With strategic footwork we managed to navigate the streets back to the van with only Sam becoming a water victim. We dropped Sam off at a motel that he and Abi were staying at for the night (as tomorrow is their day off) and the remaining 3 of us motored back to the TLC at 11pm.Read more