Worry

Hi,

Today I'll conclude our Chiang Mai adventures. We're back at home and it feels great. This morning we saw a pink Tuk-Tuk, drove the streets, saw some sites, got lost, and then found. Before the highway we had a semi-working lunch with a friend of ours and talked art business. The dogs were super happy to see us.

That elusive 'Easy' song was "So Much In Love" by The Tyme. Denny wrote that it came out around '63 and he thinks he loves it because of the seagulls in the background. Oh yes, there were birds. So as not to leave the dance crowd out of the mix, I offer this club classic for your remembering: "Now, I lay me down to sleep. ooh, I just can't find a beat. __ __ (ohh, I will never dance) __ __ (x3).... __ __, Red light, neon light, stop light..." Clue: Even though it's hard to translate dance lyrics to print (and have them make sense) I think you get the idea here. One of them might help in the dark. The jam is by a group named after a body of government. Hmm.

We had breakfast at a little place around down the street from our hotel. It's on a busy little corner with no traffic controls at all. Cars, trucks, motorbikes, bikes, and Tuk-Tuks all converge on this intersection and it all seems to work out. Amazing. While watching all this we noticed a pink Tuk-Tuk sitting across the street. At first we thought it belonged to a woman who was sitting by the sidewalk. It's operated by a guy, and he thought I wanted a ride as I approached to take a picture of the Tuk-Tuk. Once again, pink is just a color. (Ha)

Plans had been made to have lunch with our friend Natty, who spends most of her time in Chiang Mai, but also travels to Bangkok a lot. We were lucky that she had just returned to CM and wanted to have lunch. She told us the spot for lunch and we told her we'd find it. Since the map had served us fairly well so far we figured we could find the place. Well, not quite the case. I did negotiate around the walls and canals of the city pretty well, and got us in the right direction, but the map we used isn't to scale and some things aren't there. Anyway, we missed a major turn, but got to see a university and almost ended up in the zoo. See, these side trips will help later when we want to go to these places. (he keeps telling himself)

We found the restaurant, after numerous phone calls to Natty, and had a delightful, productive lunch. Then we followed her to a place called 'GongDee', which means Good Drum. It's a huge house that is a gallery/showroom. I walked away with many ideas and the wheels are still turning.

We drove through a brief rain storm on our way home. It was going south as we drove north. There were two storms in Chiang Rai while we were in Chiang Mai. Everything in the yard is nice and green. Boot did a great job of looking after the house during the rains. The air was very humid when we returned, which is possibly a good thing.

It's time for Wacky Wednesday.

Peace,
Danny

"Worrying about the future is like trying to eat the hole in a doughnut.
It's munching on what isn't."
~Barry Neil Kaufman

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