Chaing Mai
Arrived in Thailand's second largest city yesterday. It's actually more like a big town, I think the population is 500,000 which is quite a big drop off from the 6 million or so that live in Bangkok. I'm very pleased that prices are a little cheaper here and that there isn't that much stuff to buy. Hired bikes yesterday and went for a drive around the city (much different from the countryside stuff.) i's all good and today Cody, Emma and I went to the 'famous' Jungle bungee thing and I had my first bungee jump, It was absolutley amazing, totally not the sort of thing I would normally do, but I'm so glad I did it. Luckily I didn't get whiplash and my retinas remain intact! I would love to do it again, but I think I will have to wait til I'm back in the world and try it in the alps or at Reading Festival or something.
Emma and I handed our passports in to get our Laos visas too, I think we're going to head up to a little mpountain town called Pai for a week or so, then the rough date for going to Laos is the5th of February. It's a two day slow boat journey on the mekong, so I'll be listening to some sixties music and pretending I'm in Platoon ONCE AGAIN on this trip!
Umm... Oh yeah, put on a little weight from all the restaurant food since I've been away I reckon. Haven't once had the "bangkok belly" which in a way is a disappointment cos I wanted to be all svelte and tanned for my return. Have decided that now is the time to do something about it and so only ate half my sirlojn steak sandwhich for breakfast! :) I think the binge drinking isn't helping eithe, so I'll have to start drinking girlie drinks. (cutting down on the booze is, of couse, NOT an option! Just kidding!)
Oh yeah, Bought some great albums last time I was in Bangkok, which were:
Amon Tobin - Supermodified
Robust - Potholes in my molecules
The Kasabian album
The black keys album
The vines - Winning days
That's it.
Nice one.
Emma and I handed our passports in to get our Laos visas too, I think we're going to head up to a little mpountain town called Pai for a week or so, then the rough date for going to Laos is the5th of February. It's a two day slow boat journey on the mekong, so I'll be listening to some sixties music and pretending I'm in Platoon ONCE AGAIN on this trip!
Umm... Oh yeah, put on a little weight from all the restaurant food since I've been away I reckon. Haven't once had the "bangkok belly" which in a way is a disappointment cos I wanted to be all svelte and tanned for my return. Have decided that now is the time to do something about it and so only ate half my sirlojn steak sandwhich for breakfast! :) I think the binge drinking isn't helping eithe, so I'll have to start drinking girlie drinks. (cutting down on the booze is, of couse, NOT an option! Just kidding!)
Oh yeah, Bought some great albums last time I was in Bangkok, which were:
Amon Tobin - Supermodified
Robust - Potholes in my molecules
The Kasabian album
The black keys album
The vines - Winning days
That's it.
Nice one.
posted by Daniel at 1:04 PM
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Is the Black Keys album ("Thickfreakness") good? I've been thinking of getting it but am on a limited budget, so I have to choose carefully.
Hey there.
Yeah I would say it's good, but I only paid the equivalent of $2 for it! It depends on what you like I suppose, it's grimy blues influenced rock that somehow reminds me of Jimi hendrix (but that's probably paying them a massive compliment!) I would say it's worth checking out, but not worth not eating for a week just to pick it up. One of my best friends would disagree and says that it's the greatest album in the world ever! I guess the choice is yours! Good luck!
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