Archive for September 4th, 2005

Last Night In ChiangMai

Well, we managed to do absolutely nothing in style after the trek.. We ate breakfast, then I went back to sleep and Oded went to the Internet.. So I joined him after I woke up.. And we stayed there for about 4 more hours…

Which basically means that we didn’t manage to do anything of what we planned.. Though we actually did try to go and talk to the Monks – they have an informal chat with foreigners so they can brush up their English and we can learn about Buddha – but it is open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This was Sunday, of course!

We did discover a nice Sunday Market, which we wandered around in quite happily..

All in all, doing nothing in style.

We’re leaving tomorrow for the islands. I hope we will be able to post along the way, but no promises.. At worst, we’ll post again on Thursday.

Hugs all!
Karen

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עוד יום רגוע.

אחרי שקמנו בבוקר עם המון תוכניות לעשות הרבה דברים, בסוף הוצאנו את היום בסתלבט.
חצי מהיום בזבזנו על אינטרנט (חסך של כמעט שלושה ימים 😉 ), ואחר כך לא נשאר הרבה זמן לעשות שום דבר. החלטנו ליסוע לאחד המקדשים שמחוץ לעיר העתיקה (שבתוך החומות) – זה מקדש שמארח, שלושה ימים בשבוע, שיח בין נזירים מתלמדים לתיירים דוברי אנגלית. הרעיון הוא שהנזירים יוכלו לשפר את האנגלית שלהם, ותיירים זרים ילמדו מקרוב על אורח החיים של הנזירים הבודהיסטים.

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סיכום הטרק

רטוב. כל הזמן. היינו בטרק יומיים, וחוץ מכמה שעות שינה שלא היה רטוב אלא רק לח, הייתי רטוב מכף רגל ועד ראש, כל הזמן.
(Some trek pictures here, more pictures there).

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Trekking

Trekking is apparently not for me..

First of all, I am in no shape to walk up and down very steep trails for 5 hours. (The brochure said it was supposed to be a 2.5 hour walk, but Oded claims that I walk much slower than average..)

Second, it seems that I am much too spoiled for trekking environments. The other Aussi couple with us claimed that the facilities were pretty good – we had running water , and toilets (or what the Thai consider toilets – partially covered holes in the grond with space to stand on while you crouch and aim for the hole..), but it’s too primitive for my tastes..

Third, the mosquitoes! The ****ing mosquitoes! Even after constantly spraying myself with repellant, I managed to get about 40 (yes, 40) mosquitoe bites this trek. Mostly on my butt! 🙁

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