Tag: Chiang Mai
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Moving Day
A month or so back, I booked a hotel over the Christmas period, because I wanted to be sure to have somewhere nice to stay, and because I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about Christmas this year; A lot has happened in 2024, and I thought there was a chance I’d just…
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Power Outage, Breakfast, & The Sunday Night Market
They’re changing the guard at Buckingham Palace upgrading something with the electrical utilities in the area, street by street, and this morning was the turn of the street the hostel is on, so we had no power between 0900 & 1200. Phai the manager/owner put up notices ahead of time, so folks knew, and there…
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Wandering Around
I hadn’t heard noticed initially, but my cough got a whole lot better when I got here, which might be because of air quality? Less vehicles, maybe. Anyway, the air is clearer, as are my airways. Breakfast from the place beside the hostel, where I tried an Orange Americano; Orange Juice & Unsweetened Black Iced…
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Regretting The Night Move?
Yeah, that one was weak. My review of the night bus to Chiang Mai is “probably don’t”. Got into CM even earlier than I expected, at 5:30 or so, and ran into the problem that almost nothing, including the hostel reception, would be open for hours. So I did the sensible thing & sat there…
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As Far As The Bangkok to Chiang Mai Bus
Probably my earliest start of Thailand today, mostly because I set an alarm to make sure I wasn’t packing in a hurry. The hostel had a very relaxed attitude to people hanging out after checkout, and a bag store, so I was able to spend a chunk of the day wandering around. At a canal…