I head out to get a bike but non available. I can't find any in town and see a sign pointing to the Chiang Rai beach. Curious I consult maps.me and start following the signs. I walk past the market and start heading towards the suburbs. Bigger houses, dotted with schools make way for small local cafes and tiny takeaway wagons in the front of houses for passing trade. I look at my map app and dont seem to be getting very close. Chiang Rai is in need o...

The Bus is coming at 10am. I've not alot to pack or take as my rucksack is at Mo's(LT). It looks like it has been raining most of the night and is still spitting. The bus stops about 2 hours into the journey at Thaweesin hot springs. Eggs are being boiled and the area has the same odour. A small place, now a tourist attraction. I will be curious to see my old photos as there are so many places that I have no recollection from my old guide book. We partly h...

I need to get out of Chaing Mai. Its been nice to catch up with Mo and also to remember the past both with Thailand and with us. Come to terms with change.We go back to the Wild Boar. Andy Murray playing Federer. A few days old so I know that Andy loses. I get some chicken noodle soup. More effort was put into the design on top of the coffee. I book a bus to Chiang Rai for tomorrow. It feels good to be getting back on the road again. Time to move forward....

Pouring with rain and I book in for another night. Head up to a cafe called the Wild Boar for lunch. Not an inspiring menu and settle for chicken club sandwiches with deathtraps laid for the unwary, little toothpicks embedded inside. Snatch, the Guy Ritchie film plays in the background. A memory floods back. Restaurants used to play pirate films all over Thailand. I remember watching an early copy of Men in Black wondering if the film was intentionally that b...

Very noisy hotel. My room has a connecting door to the room next door. Very little sound contained. There seems to be several Thais living next door enjoying the wonderous Thai television till well into the night. There is a bright light in the street, or maybe I'm about to be abducted? I book my flight to Singapore. A lazy morning catching up on notes and looking into Central and South America. Mo has been trying to sort out flights to China. We walk up t...