End of the first day here in Changmai and I can't believe I wasted any time in Bangkok! It is so much more fun and more friendly, I have met so many lovely people, probably because I am staying in a guesthouse as well. It only cost 4 pounds so we will see how it goes! The night market was beautiful, I have turned into a proper hippie but am still resisting the lure of genuine fisherman's trousers...not sure how long that will last! The night train here was not exactly what I was expecting, got ripped off by the travel agent who I thought was giving us a really good deal. I say ripped off, only by about a fiver but it feels like a lot when you are paying so little for everything. The a/c carriage I was expecting turned out to be a fan in a long galley of 39 people but it was a good experience and not as bad as I thought it would be when I first got on the train.
Changmai water festival was even better than in Bangkok, they have a moat which surrounds the town so there were kids playing in the water all day like on the ganges in India. There is so much to do here as well, hopefully doing a cookery course and an elephant ride in the next few days then thinking about going north into the hill country up to Pai which is beautiful.
laaeo juuhr gan
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