Chaing Mai

Melbourne and Chaing Mai have a lot in common.

The elephants caused me to come to this place.

Actually it it was only one elephant. Her name was Queenie the second and she lived at the Melbourne zoo. I rode her around the elephant walk in the garden part of the Melbourne royal zoological gardens.

 

This is a Kodak image of me on Queenie 2 .

 

I am the one second from right facing away.

 

Anyway.....

This is the shrine to the elephants outside our room at the Ban Boo Loo guest house traditional style pretty house in the trees....

 

 

The monsoon falls from the clouds and the squirrels run across the rafters just because they can.

This our room from the street.

 

 

This from inside

 

 

Very much happy inside.

 

 

Thai language quite tricky to spell, I can speak it ok but is hard for me to type because is hard for me to spell the clicking and some other noises made with the tongue and roof of mouth and sharp exhale of the breath while talking is hard for me to explain.

Talking funny noises I make one today. I just had lunch at taste of heaven vegetarian (fish not meat in Thai) restaurant and remember my credit card stored in safe place. The flexiteller at 123 phukadukaluka st.....

thank godness in the monsoon night sky for the landline, the skype, the whatsapp and the bar wench from Rosanna.

Take home message from that event." never try and do two things at once at autoteller in chaing Mai". Leave that to the ladies.

did I mention the wats...

This the wat around the corner

this the sleeping dogs wat sleep and only wake up when the chanting stops.

this brick stupa traffic light changes colors when the chanting stops and starts.

I walked around it three times.

Then I went to the night markets. I bought the night. It is all mine now.

and a few men's drinks.

 

Today is Thursday. It is a special day.

We go to see Abu the baby elephant at the elephant baby natural elephant reserve for elephants.

I have a huge bag of peanuts.