• I hate Chiang Mai

    I hate Chiang Mai

    Chaing Mai is shit.

    It's Thursday today. I applied for my India and Cambodian visas on Monday. I am collecting the Cambodia one tomorrow and the India one on Tuesday of next week so I'm stuck around here till then. I escaped Chiang Mai for a couple of days to a place called lampang but now I'm back because I got bored.

    I don't like it here, it's full of middle aged white men with egg on their t-shirts escorting or being escorted by infeasibly attractive young Thai girls. I'm about ready to drag one of those Tuk Tuk drivers out of his silly little hair dryer just so I can point out to him in no uncertain terms that if I suddenly get the urge to be taken for a ride (in more ways that one) then I'll be sure to flag down a taxi (not like our taxis, more like a cross between a tuk tuk and a mini bus) or tuk tuk and that there is no need for every tuk tuk driver in the city to ask me on a 2 minute rotation. No I still don't want a suit, I'm not planning on booking a trek, I'm not into lady boys (really I'm not) and your quaint local craft work is very lovely but you're the 50th woman in a silly hat to ask me if I'd like one or many of your bracelets or bags in the last half an hour.

    Wouldn't mind a massage though!

    That's better.... let it out Flanny.

    Na really, it's not that bad at all. I can handle all the hassle. I'm sure it'll be 10 times worse in India from what I've been led to believe. However, I do not like Chiang Mai. My extra long stay here might mean that I can do the monk/meditation thing that I think I mentioned in a previous post. I've just tried to book it over email so we'll see. Anyway, thanks for letting me vent, all seems lighter now ;~).