but my boss and supe smiling right at me...
yup... just happened this evening. i stepped in and there they were.
she smiled at me as i stepped up to the plate and said 'why look so shy? you're on leave after all?!'
i wasnt being shy (altho i sure would've liked to blend into the wall at that moment)
i was merely shocked.. you know... stroll into morton's bar and they're the first thing i see.. at the table near the door. not exactly a welcome sight during one's leave! it was like ladeeda... i'm off to get some steak sandwiches and martini's and WHAM BAM!! (no thank you mam) and plus we didn't land ourselves such a great table - too bloody near the damn Teevee.
and on that note, i'm onto Week Two.
The weekend was a good one, spent Fri to Sun in Chiang Mai with me mum. Nice weather, mountainouse little city in N Thailand, but definitely catered to farang.
While I've got some pics up at the usual site (I'm not one for putting the URL so if you don't know it, email me at youknowwhere or sms/call me to ask if you really are just dying to see someone's vacay photos) I'm putting up some random pics of stuff I saw.
Stuff I saw in Chiang Mai
Wachirathan waterfall
It's the pagoda commemorating the King's 60th birthday (especially meaningful for the Thais apparently... similar I guess to our 12-year horoscope cycle thingy) on a windy kinda cloudy day (monsoon season after all) and on a clear day, we could've seen the city from this pagoda perched on a mountain but as luck would have it all we experienced was lotsa wind (the kind which seems about to sweep you off your feet) and temp of 11 deg C up in Doi Inthanon National Park
Grilled prawns at a seafood restaurant near the night bazaar - 299 baht for 1 kg!
Chiang Mai is famous for its elephant camps (not in the POW sense of a camp but more like where the elephants 'work' by giving rides and performing for tourists). This is the Maesa Elephant Camp at the foothills of one of the mountains. Before the show at 10am, they take a bath in the river, watched over and scrubbed by their mahout.
Yes, the performance also showcases their artistic talent.
Chiang Mai has some great curry noodles - and the rest of the food's damn cheap as well! my mum and i (as well as our guide) had noodles, a veg salad, satay and drinks at one of the famous curry noodles restaurants at only 149 baht total!
Thailand's full of strays. This little one sorta became our guide as we walked around one of the Royal Projects where the mountain people grow fruits, veg and flowers as part of the royal family's project to help them out of impoverishment.
On the way back, while waiting in the departure lounge i started thinking of the many places i've been this year...
-bangkok
-batam (for work)
-banda aceh (for work)
-bintan (twice in one month! once to stay at indra maya and the other time at the PSA villa at bintan lagoon resort)
-hong kong
-chiangmai
and the year's only halfway through....
In 2004 I went to...
-canada (toronto, ottawa, PEI, montreal - a family trip)
-tokyo (twice - once for vacay and then for work)
-sydney (to see radiohead!)
-margaret river (for work)
-cherating (for work - club med)
-koh samui
-bintan (yes indra maya again)
and there are still so many places i've not yet been, such as Turkey, Egypt, Alaska, Greece, Maldives, Mauritius etc etc etc
I guess i've had the good fortune to have a mum who enjoys travelling - as a kid i went to places like europe/nz/australia/the US/Korea/Taiwan etc...
and now to conquer more places!
iTunes is currently playing Travis' Peace The Fuck Out
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