Doubts

Hi,

I'm writing to you from Chiang Mai, Thailand. We've been to the ballet, shopped at a super market, and dined by a pond. We're extending our trip one more day so we can do a few more things. The internet is sketchy so this will be brief.

The 'Old School' song was "Dream" by The Everly Brothers. I got lots of interesting takes on the reference to 'Susie'. For 'Easy Monday' let's try this: "As we stroll along together, holding hands walking alone..."
Hint: The group name is a play on a word.

Sunday morning we got up early and prepared for our adventure. We left Chiang Rai around 8:30am and drove straight through (with one coffee stop). We had time to check into the hotel, relax for a minute, and then dress for the show. The ballet was being presented in a theater on the 5th floor of a shopping center. We'd been there before, for shopping, but had no idea there was a beautiful theater in the building. We met our friend Tye and her sister after a quick lunch in the food court.

After the usual wait for 'front of house', the lights went down and the story of Sleeping Beauty was told in English and Thai. At one point we fell into hysterical giggles when I thought I heard the narrator say that 'The four suitors came bearing gifts of raisins'. It has become a source of instant laughter for us. The show was basically an exposition of the entire dance school. To accomplish this, the story had to be altered just a bit to include jazz, hip hop, and flamenco dancing along with the ballet. When the curtain went up the stage was full of tiny little girls, mostly around four years old. Most of them remembered their routine and it was really cute. As the story progressed, so did the ages. The staging and costumes were great. The visual was dazzling. The whole thing lasted 3 hours, with another half hour at the end for the presentations of flowers, acknowledgements, etc. We had dinner with our dancer friends and came back to the hotel. Later we went to the Night Bazaar, which is right by our hotel.

Today we ventured out to find a market that everyone has been telling us about. It's the Rimping Supermarket and it was a combination of Whole Foods, Pavillions, and Trader Joe's. Lots of imported foods, fresh vegetables, and a bakery. We got some items we can't find in Chiang Rai that will probably hold us for quite some time.

The afternoon was spent with both of us getting a two hour treatment from Ten. Afterwards we took him to dinner at a nice little outdoor place next to a big pond. As we walked in, the sound system was playing "Dream". The food was good and the guitar playing singer was cool.

Have a Great Week.

Peace,
Danny

"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the
good we might win, by fearing to attempt."
~William Shakespeare

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