chiang mai holiday take two part one

things have changed around here: term one 2010 ended at mathus. jenna's days of teaching at mathus are complete.  nicki is in america (short term only, yay!). matt's in thailand! 

matt arrived on my last day of teaching and was fortunate enough to catch the most chaotic class i teach.  after class we headed out, picked up my laundry, and made our way to the train station.

the night train to bangkok

"you can drink beer on the train?"

 matt, nic, and kirsty

 jenna and erika

ah and jeff

blowing kisses to us while we stopped

pouring each others beer; sealing their new friendship

"omg, matt- you're in thailand!!"

bye girls, see you in a week!

have fun in laos!

we spotted this gaming convention in the shopping center in bangkok

the city of bangkok

"chocolate trail mix from target? get out!"

matt's first thai meal: khaosoi

matt's first thai market food: spicy chicken on a stick and an unknown (not delicious) snack inside a banana leaf

city of chiang mai

i love this city because you can see the mountains in the distance

and there is a river that runs around it

adorable cat sound asleep on 'bean bags'

a market

everything comes in plastic bags

you can't get fish much fresher than this!

on a walk around the city

inside a pet store

these bunnies were all smushed together and so hot :(

we rented bikes for the day, this is in front of our guest house

we stopped along side the river and had a beer

matt kept asking me: "are you sure we can do this?"

store fronts and houses in chiang mai

more streets of chiang mai

attempt to take our picture in the tree

dok-mai sawai: beautiful flower

the thapae gate that surrounds the old part of the city

 the night market in chiang mai

 the night market

 these guys were awesome musicians

 "matt, you're driving me crazy!" just kidding!

 "ooh, you have to try one of these!"

 "it's a mangosteen!"

 "but first take a picture of me in this, i think it might break!"

"... and a picture of your motorcycle in thailand!"

 "...and finally, the long-awaited mangosteen!"

 alleyway of chiang mai

elephant with wings! fountain

 longons (fruit) for sale

 we stopped at a park

  all of these birds kept flying at us, matt was scared

 played pool at a bar near the gate

 we were not very good, matt says the table was slanted

the next day we left for Pai... more pictures to follow!