Hello all, now from Chiang-Mai. I'm not sure if it is officially hyphenated or not, but if you are a Thai scholar, please feel free to correct me. The roosters managed to escape sarah's wrath; as it turns out they were residents of the next door 'wat' or temple, making them holy roosters. No wonder the gall. Just before our exit from khoa-San, the Thai 'red shirts' decided to stage a protest at the nearby democracy monument Made famous back in June of 2010. We managed to convince a daring yet vain tuk-tuk driver to take us for a reasonalble price, as the main route to the station would have taken us straight through the throng; The detour only cost us about 20B. I have not read any news about the protest yet, so this may be the most overstated, or understated, account published on the subject.
The night train to Chiang-Mai was un-eventful and sleepless. The upper bunks we were able to secure on short notice were obviously not sized 'north-american'. Measuring less than 6 feet clear from wall to wall, stretching would have meant flirting with the 6 ft fall to the aisle of the swatting tim canister. Please don't mistake this for complaining, I chose this road and every hardship has it's root in my desire to save a buck and do it 'on the cheap'.... Flights to Chiang-Mai start at about $80. :-)
1 week down, about 45 to go.
Sander
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