I arrived in Chiang Mai this morning. I took a government bus, which meant less tourists, more Thais. Travelling in Thailand just seems disorganizated. I was at the bus terminal trying to find the landing where I was to catch the bus. I walk outside, and there landings up and down, but not mine. There was an arrow that was directing me forward, but it just rows and rows buses. I asked someone and he pointed me in the same direction as the arrow. Turns out after I walked through the maze of buses, there was a chainlink fence, with a hole. And that's where I saw people cutting through to get to the other side, where there were the rest of landings. Anyways so far I've always arrived where I intended, so the system seems to be working.
Chiang Mai is the capital city of the North, yet it's pretty small, the population is 150,000. Where I'm staying seems really touristy, lots of guest houses and Internet cafes. It's a lot cheaper than both Ko Phanghan and Bangkok, a lot. My private room, with a shared bathroom is 120 baht, about $4 Canadian.
There seems like no shortage of things to do. Tomorrow I'll be taking a cooking class and learning how to make some sort of Thai Curry - yum. I hope to do a one day trek that involves and elephant ride and some rafting. I'll let you know it goes.
And now some more photos from Bangkok, because I like you.
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