Right before my roommate passed out cold on his
bed last night he said he’d do first shower in the morning. When the alarm went
off 4 hours later he hadn’t moved and was still dress and lying on top of the
covers. I took my shower and coming back into the room he had now moved – under
the covers. When I was done he had slowly gotten himself out of bed and when I
had him confirm he knew what time it was I grabbed my stuff and left for
breakfast.
At 0745, after breakfast and meeting a few
hungover people, we left to go and do a 2-ish hour relaxing bike ride around
the outskirts of Chiang Mai. The gentle pace resulted in a comfortable breeze
in the heat and humidity. On the way we also stopped for lunch to have some
delicious noodle soup.
We stopped by a small temple on the way.
Returning to the hotel at 1300 we had half an
hour before leaving for Chiang Khong, 5-ish hours away. On the way we stopped
at the White Temple which was absolutely beautiful and very different from any
other temple we have seen. Due to fucky traffic, though, we got there only
10-ish minutes before they closed at 1700 so we had top rush a bit – and those
who stayed behind to listen to our local guide missed getting inside. I don’t
think they missed much, though, as the interior was quite an anti-climax
compared to the expectations you’d get when seeing the exterior.
After this slightly shortened visit we returned
to the bus and continued our journey towards our destination.
Without further ado we arrived around 1900 at a
nice-looking slightly rough around the edges hotel. We got our rooms and
moments later we went down the street for dinner before returning and tucking
in for the night.
As there is an uneven number of guys travelling
alone versus rooms available until Hanoi we did a quick random lottery to let
randomness decide where each of us would have a room by ourselves. I ended up
with 2 nights in Hanoi which I am not unhappy about.
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