Last Day in Chiang Mai
Location: Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia
Local Time: Friday, April 21, 2006 - 6:25pm
Well, I had one last day in Chiang Mai. I hit a couple of bakeries I had missed during my time there and ate some bread with cheese I brought from Pai.
As it turns out that was a bad idea. I think the cheese I brought from Pai had been warm too long and I had stomach troubles all afternoon and evening.
At night I swung through the night market, looking for an alarm clock, a new shirt, pants and shoes. My alarm clock was soaked during Song Kran and seems to have stopped working, though it works at seemingly random intervals, as long as I don't try to set it. My shoes have large holes all around the soles. The soaking they took while Val and I walked up river in Pai seems to have finished them off. I left one shirt with Val in Pai, and I've been living with one pair of pants since I left Nepal. As long as you wash them at night and have a room with a good fan they are mostly dry by morning, so it has been working thus far.
I found a shirt, and a pair of pants, though the pants are less than satisfactory. No shoes I wanted to buy, and no alarm clocks.
On the bright side, mine seems to be working slightly better today, so maybe I won't have to get a new one.
In the morning I caught a ride to the airport. I gave breakfast a miss as I was still feeling slightly nauseous. Did the airport thing.
I actually had luggage to check for the first time in 4 months. Since I left Nepal I've been travelling with only a shoulder bag, not even a backpack. However, I picked up a small backpack before the second trip to Pai, thinking we might go trekking. Now I'm overwhelmed by the massive luggage space I have at my disposal. I have room for 6 - 8 books instead of just 2. As well as 2 spare shirts and a spare pair of pants. It is quite luxurious.
Back in KL I headed straight to Chinatown and got a place to stay the night, RM30 ($10 CND) a night.
When I was in Thailand I thought it was fairly warm there. Now that I'm back in KL, I realize Thailand was fairly cool. Quite balmy in fact.
Local Time: Friday, April 21, 2006 - 6:25pm
Well, I had one last day in Chiang Mai. I hit a couple of bakeries I had missed during my time there and ate some bread with cheese I brought from Pai.
As it turns out that was a bad idea. I think the cheese I brought from Pai had been warm too long and I had stomach troubles all afternoon and evening.
At night I swung through the night market, looking for an alarm clock, a new shirt, pants and shoes. My alarm clock was soaked during Song Kran and seems to have stopped working, though it works at seemingly random intervals, as long as I don't try to set it. My shoes have large holes all around the soles. The soaking they took while Val and I walked up river in Pai seems to have finished them off. I left one shirt with Val in Pai, and I've been living with one pair of pants since I left Nepal. As long as you wash them at night and have a room with a good fan they are mostly dry by morning, so it has been working thus far.
I found a shirt, and a pair of pants, though the pants are less than satisfactory. No shoes I wanted to buy, and no alarm clocks.
On the bright side, mine seems to be working slightly better today, so maybe I won't have to get a new one.
In the morning I caught a ride to the airport. I gave breakfast a miss as I was still feeling slightly nauseous. Did the airport thing.
I actually had luggage to check for the first time in 4 months. Since I left Nepal I've been travelling with only a shoulder bag, not even a backpack. However, I picked up a small backpack before the second trip to Pai, thinking we might go trekking. Now I'm overwhelmed by the massive luggage space I have at my disposal. I have room for 6 - 8 books instead of just 2. As well as 2 spare shirts and a spare pair of pants. It is quite luxurious.
Back in KL I headed straight to Chinatown and got a place to stay the night, RM30 ($10 CND) a night.
When I was in Thailand I thought it was fairly warm there. Now that I'm back in KL, I realize Thailand was fairly cool. Quite balmy in fact.
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