Friday Funnies

Hi,

Today has been one of those perfect days, when everything fell into place. Our stay at Le Meridien is like a fairy tale, so far.

As you all probably guessed by now, the 'Summer of Love' song was "The Beat Goes On" by Sunny & Cher. Come with me now, to the early days of Rhythm and Rock, for another dose of 'Old School Friday'.

This morning we started picking out the few things we'd take on our one night adventure. Check-in time at the hotel was 3pm, so we had time to do a few things. An artist that we are friends with had an opening while we were in America. We wanted to see his work so we went by 9 Art Gallery, had a fun chat with Khun Nine, and enjoyed the range of Khun Cherd's work.

We had lunch at home, a brief nap, finished packing, and made the long drive (ten minutes) to the hotel. When we checked in we were informed that we'd been upgraded to an executive room on the preferred guest floor, with a river view. This was a major change from where we would have been. Our room is one of the nicest we've been in during all our adventures. We even have an iron and ironing board, which is very rare in Thailand.

Before we relaxed in our room, we went for a walk around the grounds. Le Meridien has three huge pools that are arranged like steps. Each one flows into the one below, and as you look out at the river it looks like the pool flows into space. a true infinity pool. A lap is about the same as three in our pool. We swam, and lounged on a seat in the lower pool. We met a little family that had been playing while we swam. They had just arrived in Chiang Rai and were looking for dinner ideas. We told them about Sawasdee in the Night Bazaar. After weeks in Bangkok, they were happy to be in Chiang Rai.

When we returned to our room after our swim we had a surprise waiting. On the coffee table was a plate with a piece of three-layer chocolate cake with 'Happy Anniversary' written in icing on the plate. There was a note from Renoud, the Food and Beverage Manager, wishing us a happy stay. Later, after our dinner, he came to our table and we had a brief visit. Tomorrow evening he will be the host of the gathering in the library of the hotel. One other thing worth mentioning is the restrooms in the hotel. Instead of paper towels or air blowers, they provide rolled washcloths for drying your hands. A very nice touch.

We don't know what we're going to do tomorrow, but it will be fun. There is a complete gym that we plan to explore, maybe another swim, and we haven't had lunch here yet. More on Monday.

Have a Wonderful WeekEnd. On to the 'Funnies'.

Peace,
Danny

Headhunters!

A missionary was going in to the most remote section of Africa. He
found a native that would take him upstream to a tribe of headhunters
cut off from civilization. In the distance they could hear drums.
"What is that drumming?" he asked nervously. The native replied,
"Drums okay, but if they stop it would be very bad".

The drums continued for 3 days as they got closer to the headhunters'
village. Then without warning the drums suddenly stopped. The forest
fell eerily silent. With panic in his voice, the missionary calls out
to the guide, "The drums have stopped! What happens now?" The guide
crouched down, covered his head with his hands and with despair in his
voice, answered, "Tuba solo."

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