after having spent all of twelve hours in Bangkok (three of which actually sleeping - note to other travellers: it's probably a bad idea to stay at a hostel if it's on the floor directly above a bar that's open until 5am every night)... we decided to take a 12-hour overnight sleeper train north to Chiang Mai.
City known for the culture, the one thing i noticed most was the sheer number of vegetarian restaurants. and temples.
after a good 6 hours of walking around the city today, and seeing all sorts of great things - the people, the streets, the traffic on the streets (so many motorcycles!!!), the architecture...
it's pretty neat, this city entirely makes me think of south-east asia as the most amazing way in which asia and africa could have possibly been combined. everything is colourful, the people are beautiful, the street food is plentiful and smells fantastic, and everything seems to be running smoothly.
this is truly the place to be overwhelmed with eye candy withing three minutes of stepping out the front door.
heh, and sean and i have realized that, although we are almost always standing directly beside each other, we're always perceiving two entirely different places. he keeps pointing out everyone's tattoos, and random little bits of eyc candy all over the place, and i point out other things entirely... neither of us ever taking note of the same thing. i feel like sean's version of the world includes far more people than mine, and my version perhaps more neat trees and old buildings. yet somehow we agree on what places are the most picture-perfect.
also, this place makes me think that i'd love to come here with either ainslie or nadine, there's a certain laid-back air to the streets. i also get the feeling that jjess would enjoy all the pretty colours and body-mods. :D
we're having tons of fun over here, but we miss everyone - and the bunnies
hope everyone is enjoying their winter breaks!!! unless you're in korea and working through it, in which case i hope your break in february is ridiculously amazing :)
4 comments:
It sounds so cool!!
We NEED to travel together. I'm so down. Let's go somewhere (for a couple days or something) when I come visit you in the summer. I'm so excited.
Also, my calendar tells me you're getting here on the 24th. Does it tell the truth?
Keep being awesome! I have a present for you, but you'll have to wait til you get here because I can't really afford to ship it...
Love you!
-ainslie
(sorr tere are 2 letters tat do not work on tis keboard and i will let ou guess wic ones lol! - and closing parantases apparentl..
Ok, but tat perspectives ting, I would imagine tat it does come from ur background - geograp, were ou are more attuned to looking at buildings and te wa tat te comunit or people interact wit it...anwas, just a tougt (:
xxxxx I wanna travel wit ou gus too!!! (: so muc love comming ur wa!!
Chiang Mai was my favourite stop on my trip to Asia. It really is a beautiful place to wander. Glad to hear you're having fun.
wow you make it sound amazing! i really want to go there, and hopefully will sometime soonish. doing anything amazing for new years? Sydney should be pretty crazy.
miss you!
-Byron
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