F1
Chiang Mai, Thailand
March 29, 2009
Bill's only goal today is to watch the Australian F1 race.
I was able to have raisins, peanut butter and bananas with my cornflakes. YUM! Bill went wild and crazy and had the American breakfast again. I guess he never tires of scrambled eggs and bacon...
We walked to the internet cafe to call Mom, it is her Birthday (9 pm while it is 9am the next day here). We surprise her with the call and hear all the latest news. It sounds like everyone has taken good care of her this week!
After that we watched a movie in our room and I did some reading.
We walked to the pharmacy (Boots) and bought some cold medication (not for me, I am healthy and strong!). I guess a steady diet of rice and beer is not the cure for the common cold. I looked at a couple of dress shops, but they were quite pricey. The store with less expensive dresses and tops that had styles that I liked better was closed today though. I did manage to find a nice ring and chain at a jewelery store though.
At Ratana's I had Thai iced tea and steamed sea bass with garlic and lime and Bill had a coke and chicken stir fry.
We headed to a pub-like place that we had seen yesterday to watch the F1 race. We were able to get a table up front and ordered some drinks. I decided to have a vodka and soda (something was floating with my ice). After a while we shared a chicken, chili, basil and pepper dish (had one bad tomato) and then Bill ordered the apple cake with ice cream and whipped topping (that had some gross stringy thing in it too). The food in Chiang Mai can be very good or very below average (usually the restaurants that try to serve Western food too).
Bill did enjoy watching the race during the afternoon instead of the middle of the night and we did meet a nice guy and his son that were from Perth, Australia.
We stopped in at the internet cafe so I can do blogging while Bill is surfing the net.
Back in the room Bill had a nap while I continued to read my next Patricia Cornwell novel, Blow Fish.
We headed to the Night Bazaar and Warorot Market for some street meat. Bill and I enjoyed our first meat on a stick and it was good! I also had my first drink in a bag. I had a shake with banana, kiwi, dragon fruit, strawberry and pineapple. It was blended up, poured into a bag with handles and was topped off with a bendy straw. It is all good!
We walked back to Tha Pae (Tay Pay) Gate to discover that it is the home to the Sunday Night Market. There I sampled quail eggs, steamed rolls (with rice paper) and spring rolls - all very tasty. Bill had more meat on a stick - chicken this time.
We sat down for some drinks on Loi Kroh Rd. We picked the only place that did not have scantily clad women hanging around out front. I guess we have found the Silom aka Red Light District of Chiang Mai!
After our drink we walked back to the market so I could sample the chicken gyros that I had seen earlier. They do not remotely compare to the Turkish Falafel stand on Khoa San!