Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Revenge

Hi,

The weather in Chiang Mai this morning was mostly clear.  The entire trip was like that, including our ride home today.  Of course, there were forecasts of storms, but none appeared.

The ‘Easy Monday’ song was “Summer in the City” by The Lovin’ Spoonful.  It’s ‘Zany Day’ time once again.
“Oh, flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C., didn’t get to bed last night.  On the way the paper bag was on my knee, man I had a dreadful flight, I’m __ __ __ __ __ __ __.”  Hint:  The last four dashes are initials denoting a location.  It came from across the pond.

I would have to say that our little Chiang Mai adventure was definitely not a vacation.  If you consider that we had to wake up at 6am both days, that makes it a ‘work day’.  Our bus was scheduled to depart at 8:15am so we had to pack, eat and get to the bus station.  That was our morning.  On our return trip the bus was a newer model, with nicer seats.  Sometimes you notice the little things.  I got a chance to listen to a few tunes from the album I discovered in the hotel dining room, and we watched more Star Trek.  The bus attendant put on a movie that lasted about half the trip and though it was in Thai, I managed to follow some of it for awhile.  Before we knew it, we were back in Chiang Rai.

We got home in time for lunch and a big greeting from Daku.  Not long after lunch it was time to go to Immigration for the renewal of our Retirement Visas.  With that annual mission accomplished, we headed for the fruit lady at Healthy Market.  We were about to go home when I suggested we get the van washed. After tea and coffee at Work@Home we walked back to the car wash.  We were stopped by an artist friend on a bicycle who told us about an exhibit later this month.  It was good to be home.

During our stroll of the Night Bazaar in Chiang Mai we happened upon a shop full of carved wooden objects.  Most of the work consisted of Buddhas and elephants.  It’s the kind of shop that could draw one in for hours.  


Why is it that a three hour bus ride can leave you feeling tired?  I think part of it has to do with the fact that riding through two mountain passes and compensating for the leaning of the bus uses a certain amount of energy.  Blue mentioned the noise of the bus and how that can have an effect as well.  Whatever the reason, we’re feeling it.

It’s time for Wacky Wednesday.

                  Peace,
                            Danny

“The best revenge is to 
have enough self-worth 
not to seek it.”
~Unknown

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