Fears of Chiang Mai
Posted by Stuart at 06:04 PM on May 05, 2003Today I tried to put my fears of Chiang Mai behind me and I am very glad I did. I arrived late last night by mini-van from the Thai-Lao border near the Golden Triangle. My favorite cheap guesthouse, Souvenier, was closed by the time I arrived, and since I was so tired after travelling for 15 hours I decided to "splurge" and stay at my favorite mid-range guesthouse, called Galare.
This morning, after a great night of sleep, I woke early, rented a motorbike, went to buy my train ticket back to Bangkok for tonight, and hit the road out of Chiang Mai towards Doi Suptep. I drove up the mountain just outside of the city limits and visted a touristy Hmong hilltribe village, the King's Winter Palace, and of course, the beautiful Doi Sutep temple.
I have now turned in my motorbike and I am waiting for the train to take me home. Hopefully the air conditioner will actually work this time, as opposed to my most recent train trip from Ko Samui
By the way, why would I fear Chiang Mai? I have been there two times and two times I have gotten food poisoning. The streets are full of tourists all year long in Chiang Mai, so apparently it is just my bad luck to have gotten sick both times. So far though, I am still healthy. Hopefully I can make it back to Bangkok tonight with no problems.
Beth, I was about to say, "No, silly girl, 'enculturated' is not a word!" Well, that is true (at least it is not in my dictionary), but shockingly enough, both enculturate and enculturation are. Who knew?
You have been experiencing a period of enculturation ever since you have moved to Thailand, which is causing you to enculturate your observations and what you have learned into your daily life.
hehehehe!!
Love you!!
And I'm glad that you did make it back without food poisoning. Maybe your body is growing accustom. Sounds as though you are becoming ... enculturated? is that the word I am looking for? regardless, you are becoming more and more Thai!! hehehe!
Love you!!