south east asia

9 a.m. - I ate breakfast and repacked my bag because I left to Chiang Rai. I am almost three weeks traveling now and don’t know how to pack my bag the best. I also went to 7eleven to grab some snacks for the bus ride later. Ton, the owner of the hostel I stayed was very friendly and helpful. He definitely has his heart at the right place.

11 a.m. - I got me my first scooter bolt ride with my hole luggage. For short distance perfect because you get easy a driver, your are faster than cars and it’s really cheap. I arrived early at the bus station but I rather have no enough time than have a hurry.

12 p.m. - Departure from Chiang Mai. I my bus were two girls from Vorarlberg that was kind of funny.

3:30 p.m. - We arrived in Chiang Rai and I took a Bolt to the hostel. My driver spoke english and I asked him for some recommendations for food and transport.

4 p.m. - I arrived in the hostel and met a guy from the USA. He also gave me some sightseeing recommendations.

5 p.m. - I rented my first motorbike because I stayed just one night here and I wanted to explore the city by myself. I just drove around and found a park where the locals come together to do some sports like basketball, running and soccer. There I asked a local for a good restaurant and he recommended me a Noodle restaurant just around the corner.

6 p.m. - I went to the restaurant and ate the best pork noodle soup so far. For dessert I bought some fresh dragon fruit and went back to the park and watched the locals.

7:30 p.m. - I continued my exploring and I found a cat café. There were 15 cats living in that room and strangers come everyday to drink a coffee, pet and feed some cats. Little bit strange but quite common in Asia. Afterwards I went to the night basar and found my new favorite roti combination. Banana + nutella + peanut butter trust me. At the basar I ran into a group of four people and they invited me to there table. It turned out that two of them stayed in the same hostel and same room as me.

9 p.m. - We went to a Irish bar and they thought me a new card game called:
Catucs (I am not sure)
Goal:
- To have as few points as possible
Special card effects:
- Jack -> you can look at one of your cards
- Queen -> you can look at one of your opponents cards
- King -> you can look at one of your opponents cards and can change them with one of your cards if you want to
Card points:
- 10 = 0
- ass = 1
- jack, queen, king = 10
- all other cards normal
Rules:
- everyone starts with 4 cards
- look at the first 2 and remember the card
- every round you have to draw a card and you can change it with one of yours
- every round you have to discard a card
- when someone or you discard a card and you have another one with the same number you can discard the card as well (but just one so you need to be fast)
- furthermore you can also discard a card from your opponents if you know them and you are faster than them. Instead you give them one of your cards.
- when you have less than 5 points you can say “cactus” and every one have to reveal there cards
- points get counted

the game is really challenging and you need to concentrate but we had a lot of fun.

P.S.: I definitely need to find a store where I can by cards.Okumaya devam et