last time on the Crump Squig adventures ( enter your own dramatic music- like the final countdown by Europe)
...... we were in Chang Khong ( you can turn off your selected soundtrack)
And although it is mainly known as a border crossing it has much more to offer..... Like having a nice meal by the mekong or watching the starwars trilogy.
The highlight of our stay in Chang Khong has to be finding a amazing swimming pool which no one seemed to use a real bonus.
After 5 days we felt it was right to move on to Chang Rai. arriving at Chang ria we booked into a hideous guest house after looking at the mattress we decided to move to Baan Bua guesthouse which is run by a lovely Thai lady it was beautiful and set back from the main street. we found a nice cafe to eat and and embarked on the usually tourist stuff. One place we really enjoyed was the hill tribe museum as it not only educated you on hill tribe behaviors but also explained how tourist are ruining the culture of the hill tribes(we didnt like that part). We also found out alot about the Opium trade. We also visited the white temple which was beautiful one of our favourite temples in asia. the art gallery next to it was also worth a look. one evening we meet some real nice people who all contribute to some good chat they were a New Zealand couple and a Canadian lady we put the world to rights covering all areas. My favorite topic has to be the America adverts that advertise anti depressants!!
after this in truth the relaxing atmosphere of Northern Thailand consumed us( not literally) and we seemed to find ourselves reading books for most of the days i actually read a book and a half whilst i was there ( I know i was shocked to) .
before we knew it we really had to be moving on again. Chang mai was calling. We found an amazing guesthouse there which is brand new we felt we had to up our standards as a Friend named Alex Parnell is coming out to meet us we wouldn't want him getting bed bugs now would we?
so Chang Mai is a very pleasant city. One of he biggest cities but you wouldnt know it walking round is very relxing and also extremely hot. There is a wall ruins that run around the city like Norwich but not as good of course. Many temples and you can literally do anything from thai massage to Thai cooking many options that we will explore when we go back.
So today we moved on again to Pai which was quite a journey it was short but it was long and winding round and it went up so steep also, i left me and Amy feeling ever so queer.
once again it seems that we have found an amazing log cabin to stay in for 4 pounds!!! we then got some food an had a look around at a reall cool hippy town it is so cool ( i want to say cool twice to emphasise how cool it is) it was a little bit too cool for one of the locals who had his pants down smoking a funny cigarette at 1 in the afternoon.
So thats kinda everything up to date. We are looking forward to checking out some waterfalls and hot springs but The weather here is getting to hot its going to be over 40 degrees very soon
peace and love
Adam
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