1:21’s Trip to ChiangMai

Today saw the twenty-one of us Doi Suthep (A Buddhist temple located some 1,500m above sea level on a mountain top). In my opinion, it was a beautiful temple. Everything from the interior, to the people whowork there; so warm in nature. And literally.

It was sweltering on the way up 500m worth of steps to get to the temple itself. Until now, I can’t quite tell you the exact temperature of the environment. (There is a haze but I can’t smell anything L ) BACK TO THE CLIMB, it was, indeed, worth it. Apparently the do-nut/curry-puff-looking stuff (that a really cool guy was selling) were really good. I can’

t tell you first-hand as this man-voice of mine forbids it L

(The air was cooling so high up in the mountains, really.)

This brings us to the experience we had with Brighton Church. Aaron and his wife took us through the basics of the Thai language. We partook in some intellectual exchange of words in Thai and that did go quite well. Yes, we did get ourselves acquainted with some essential Thai phrases which will definitely help us with getting around here. I, again, can’t quite tell you first hand, how the speaking part went. (The Man Voice). But from what I gathered, it was pretty sweet.

Let’

s see how we will engage & tackle the locals with our new skill.

I daresay that all of us are kinda warming up to each other. (A GR8 THING!) Ok, I still don’t like tom yam soup. I Don’

t Care How Sweet/Salty/Sour/Bitter it is prepared, I still dislike it.

Dinner was at the night bazaar area, yes, tom yam soup included. I must say that the chicken (which freakishly tasted of duck) was super. A walk through the night bazaar after surely revved us up for a night sometime soon of hardcore shopping. Oki.

I still maintain that Thai kids are so incredibly sweet!

I Am Not Leaving Without One.

-Alexis Lee