Direction

Hi,

We've had a busy day traveling and moving around in Chiang Mai. The landscape through the valleys and mountains was pretty spectacular, even if some things are dry. The rice fields gave us carpets of green, there were flowering trees of yellow in some areas and white in others. The bougainvillea offered an assortment of colors that were brilliant.

The 'Easy Monday' song was "Ticket to Ride" by The Beatles. It's time for another visit to the 'Summer of Love' to see what was happening in '67. "What you want, baby, I got it. What you need, do you know I got it? All I'm askin' is for a little __, when you come home...." Hint: It's something everybody wants, and deserves. At one point in the song it's even spelled out for you. Hmm.

Leaving Chiang Rai in the midst of morning traffic was just a slight challenge. Once we got out of town the highway moved remarkably well. We left our maps at home, but remembered the way to our hotel so things worked out fine. When we went to check-in, our room wasn't ready so we went to an old favorite on the main street and had lunch. The owner remembered us and we had a nice reunion. He gave us a map when we asked where we could buy one.

With a little time to kill we decided to go to Pantip Plaza, the everything 'tech store' in Thailand. The place was only half occupied and it seemed odd that it would be so empty during High Season. We picked up a little speaker system that can play music from a USB memory stick, or from the computer. It's pretty cool. Not much else interested us so we went back to the hotel and checked in.

Our next adventure was Central/Airport, the giant mall. We had a few items we were looking for but didn't find a thing. We had dinner there and that was a bit disappointing as well. I guess it wasn't a shopping trip after all. (Ha)

This evening we went to the Night Bazaar and things picked up. The place was very busy with visitors from all over the world. So many languages going at the same time. Having stores that we remembered was good since we could just pass by most of the booths and look for what we wanted. We ended up having another 'dinner' at a new cafe right in the middle of the busy street. Not a bad spot for a late snack.

Now I have to go downstairs and try and send this since the 'wireless' is mostly 'less' in the room.

It really is Wacky Wednesday.

Peace,
Danny

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