Chiang Mai

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After having ridden the 762 curves that separate Pai and Chiang Mai for the second time we spent most of the rest of Friday in the hotel room cause it was pouring outside. Even when we just went for a quick bite (pic no. 1) we were drenched thoroughly.

Luckily, the forecasts were wrong for the following days as the weather improved mightily. We started the day with the fabric market that we didn't go to the day before cause Claire couldn't miss the opportunity to buy nice, cheap fabric to use "one day" to sew "something". Karsten spent Saturday mostly at Julians place to write and send his first application to Brussels! Claire in the meantime had herself a nice day ;). She visited around Chiang Mai a bit more, mostly on the back of a scooter and had some great coffee. In the evening we hit the Saturday night market which draws a huge crowd of tourists. But they have some nice stuff, so slowly wading between the masses was only half bad.

Sunday was some of the same, with the Sunday night market followed by our last beers with Julian. Before Karsten was lucky enough to find a bar showing some American football. Just all those Patriots fans were annoying!

Monday We had presumably our last cooking class in southeast Asia, finishing our cooking adventures with a class in a beautiful organic farm ambiance - famous for its bathroom facilities. We even got an hour to relax in hammocks after stir frying and devouring some pad thai for lunch.

Now that we are writing this it is 4 AM in the morning and our plan to save accommodation for a night by taking a night bus spectacularly backfired, leaving us stranded outside Ayutthaya cause we are too scrooge to pay taxi and an additional night. So we decided to make a statement and wait at the bus stop till the minibus service picks up at 6 AM. Yeah, we're that stubborn.... ;).Read more