Mar 21-23
After retrieving our things from Chiang Rai we hopped on a bus and made our way to Chiang Mai in time for the Sunday Night Walking Street for some good bargains and some good food. Dad headed back to the room while the 4 of us decided to hit the town. We ended up having a blast sitting at the counter of this bizarre VW microbus-converted restaurant for a couple hours chatting with the local lady who owned it and then made our way to Spicy, our favorite after hours dance club where the famed Spicy Lady was the (she's a lady in her 60's who we met last time we were in Chiang Mai and who goes out on weekends and literally dances until dawn). It was hilarious to see her there and even funnier that she recognized us!
The next day we went on a walking tour of the city to check out some of the temples which actually seem to outnumber people (they are everywhere!) and headed to the massage salon where the women's correctional facility inmates work after they are released from prison! It sounds strange, but it is a really nice place and it's a great cause as they work to rehabilitate these women after release and get them reacquainted with society/the working world. After this it was time for Dad and I to split off from the pack and make our way on the overnight bus back to BKK.
We headed back to my place to change out dirty clothes and repack a little before heading back to the city
where we spent the afternoon lounging in our hotel room soaking in the a/c and recharging from the week we'd just had! It was finally dinner time and I couldn't wait, because we were going to meet up with Nina (one of my best friends from college) and the Skubiak family for dinner at Lebua Tower. We ate at Sirocco which is, I believe, the tallest al fresco restaurant in the world as it is beautifully perched on the 63rd floor roof of this skyscraper overlooking downtown. It was so surreal, not only to be in such an amazing place with great food, but to see someone else from home in the environment where I've been living for the last 5 months--we just kept looking at eachother as if we weren't actually there at the same time, but soon enough it was right back to where we'd left off. It was such a great night and I was so happy I got to see Nina and the Skubiak clan as they embarked on their own family trip through SE Asia.
After retrieving our things from Chiang Rai we hopped on a bus and made our way to Chiang Mai in time for the Sunday Night Walking Street for some good bargains and some good food. Dad headed back to the room while the 4 of us decided to hit the town. We ended up having a blast sitting at the counter of this bizarre VW microbus-converted restaurant for a couple hours chatting with the local lady who owned it and then made our way to Spicy, our favorite after hours dance club where the famed Spicy Lady was the (she's a lady in her 60's who we met last time we were in Chiang Mai and who goes out on weekends and literally dances until dawn). It was hilarious to see her there and even funnier that she recognized us!
The next day we went on a walking tour of the city to check out some of the temples which actually seem to outnumber people (they are everywhere!) and headed to the massage salon where the women's correctional facility inmates work after they are released from prison! It sounds strange, but it is a really nice place and it's a great cause as they work to rehabilitate these women after release and get them reacquainted with society/the working world. After this it was time for Dad and I to split off from the pack and make our way on the overnight bus back to BKK.
We headed back to my place to change out dirty clothes and repack a little before heading back to the city
where we spent the afternoon lounging in our hotel room soaking in the a/c and recharging from the week we'd just had! It was finally dinner time and I couldn't wait, because we were going to meet up with Nina (one of my best friends from college) and the Skubiak family for dinner at Lebua Tower. We ate at Sirocco which is, I believe, the tallest al fresco restaurant in the world as it is beautifully perched on the 63rd floor roof of this skyscraper overlooking downtown. It was so surreal, not only to be in such an amazing place with great food, but to see someone else from home in the environment where I've been living for the last 5 months--we just kept looking at eachother as if we weren't actually there at the same time, but soon enough it was right back to where we'd left off. It was such a great night and I was so happy I got to see Nina and the Skubiak clan as they embarked on their own family trip through SE Asia.
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