CHIANG MAI Day 21
TUESDAY 23rd and Keith has now developed conjunctivitis so after breakfast it was another trip to the pharmacy. He avoided returning to Boots as I am sure the assistant thinks he is a hypochondriac and went to a very old fashioned store over the footbridge recommended by Opas.
Once again we spent most of the day by the pool. Lots of people have left and the others have gone out for the day. We spent some time talking to Opas mainly about this place and his plans for restoration on the building where we have breakfast. He thought the upstairs section would make a quiet reading area for guests. He also told us about a piece of land he has purchased south of Hua Hin where he hopes to construct another B & B business. It’s a long way from Chiang Mai. He told us he had designed our buildings himself being an Engineer and is a qualified Civil Engineer. Before we leave he us going to show us the old house that will be 100 years old in 2013.
Late afternoon we went for a walk down the back streets behind us ending up in the Night Market and having a late lunch at ‘Lenas’ a Chinese Seafood Restaurant where giant river prawns were swimming in large tanks with elephants circulating the water through their trunks. We had chopsticks for our chilli clams but used our fingers for the delicious BBQ prawns. We will definitely be back there before we leave. 2 elderly Thai ladies were at the next table having a wonderful banquet and at this time of the day it was good to see other people coming into eat. We guess it will be very busy in the evening but it is open until 1am.
We came home through parts of the Night Bazaar where stalls were beginning to set up for the evening. I spotted a sign saying ‘woodcarving, paintings, etc. leading down some stairs under a building so we went to take a look. At the bottom of the stairs was an artist currently painting a picture of a family group. On the walls was numerous portraits all in black and white but so well done I would swear they were photographs. Other artists were also at work producing similar pictures and one or two had done paintings of wildlife which were just as good but overall I preferred the first artist’s work.
We came home back over the bridge again once we had woven our way through the heavy traffic. There seemed to be a problem with the traffic lights and the traffic police were now arriving. As we looked over the bridge we saw remains of the weekend’s festivities and although the cleaners had been busy there was still a lot of clearing up to do. We couldn’t believe the emptiness of the stretch of grassland where all the youngsters have been congregating since our arrival, nor how clean it was. Like Opas we wished the narrow road was permanently closed or at least made into a one way system. He has been discussing the problem with the city council and asked for footpaths to be created to encourage more tourists into the area.
Back home on our balcony the geckos have begun to return, but as one small cream and green one felt the impact of Keith’s foot it became shocked and stunned and guess had a heart attack and died. It duly received the same ceremony as the one I trod on!
Once again we spent most of the day by the pool. Lots of people have left and the others have gone out for the day. We spent some time talking to Opas mainly about this place and his plans for restoration on the building where we have breakfast. He thought the upstairs section would make a quiet reading area for guests. He also told us about a piece of land he has purchased south of Hua Hin where he hopes to construct another B & B business. It’s a long way from Chiang Mai. He told us he had designed our buildings himself being an Engineer and is a qualified Civil Engineer. Before we leave he us going to show us the old house that will be 100 years old in 2013.
Late afternoon we went for a walk down the back streets behind us ending up in the Night Market and having a late lunch at ‘Lenas’ a Chinese Seafood Restaurant where giant river prawns were swimming in large tanks with elephants circulating the water through their trunks. We had chopsticks for our chilli clams but used our fingers for the delicious BBQ prawns. We will definitely be back there before we leave. 2 elderly Thai ladies were at the next table having a wonderful banquet and at this time of the day it was good to see other people coming into eat. We guess it will be very busy in the evening but it is open until 1am.
We came home through parts of the Night Bazaar where stalls were beginning to set up for the evening. I spotted a sign saying ‘woodcarving, paintings, etc. leading down some stairs under a building so we went to take a look. At the bottom of the stairs was an artist currently painting a picture of a family group. On the walls was numerous portraits all in black and white but so well done I would swear they were photographs. Other artists were also at work producing similar pictures and one or two had done paintings of wildlife which were just as good but overall I preferred the first artist’s work.
We came home back over the bridge again once we had woven our way through the heavy traffic. There seemed to be a problem with the traffic lights and the traffic police were now arriving. As we looked over the bridge we saw remains of the weekend’s festivities and although the cleaners had been busy there was still a lot of clearing up to do. We couldn’t believe the emptiness of the stretch of grassland where all the youngsters have been congregating since our arrival, nor how clean it was. Like Opas we wished the narrow road was permanently closed or at least made into a one way system. He has been discussing the problem with the city council and asked for footpaths to be created to encourage more tourists into the area.
Back home on our balcony the geckos have begun to return, but as one small cream and green one felt the impact of Keith’s foot it became shocked and stunned and guess had a heart attack and died. It duly received the same ceremony as the one I trod on!
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