Sunday, August 27, 2006

A fast update!

Hi guys,
I'm arrived in the north, Chiang Mai, absolutely a boring place except for some interesting tour that could be done (like 3 days and 2 nights hiking, sleeping in the forest, with bamboo rafting and elephant riding...), only 3 similar and boring temple...the really good thing in this city is the market!
Everything is surprising cheap, I can't believe that can exist such objects at those cheap price...I don't want bargain anymore, what can you save from a bag which cost 10 baht??!! (20 cent of euro!)
If you travel around this area, don't miss the clothing night market at Chang Khlan road and, much more interesting, the weekend market at Wua lai road, pretty good for gift and present!
Just to remark how cheap things are here, I've rent a room for 100B, a foot massage for 120B (normal thai massage for 100!), of course 1 hour!

I've spent 2 days in this city just because I've met some cool guys from Israel (Doram, Sharon and Hiliam) so I've hang out with them....fucking clubs still ask to pay 300B for enter when Thai people enter for free...this really make me upset, angry! Shit!

Anyway, even in this really poor side of the country it seems to be very very safe, nobody try to steal or do strange things, I think it's because they really follow the religion!
Of course, even here there are tailors, famous in all Thailand: you can buy a whole suit for maybe 40 euro, crazy! Good quality, you choose the material and the style!

Today I traveled to Chiang Rai (4hours in the bus for 100B), then straight away to Mae Sai (1h and 30min for another 33B) and then from the bus station I've paid 8B for a tuk-tuk (taxi) to arrive at the Burma border!!! yes, I've finally got a new VISA, so hypothetically I can stay here another 30 days!!! I've just crossed a bridge and paid 500B to enter in Burma, stay over there for a couple of hours and then come back normally in Thailand, amazing! (You can also save those 500B, I've just spent them since I was thinking to spend one night in Burma but after few minutes people assault me trying to sell VIAGRA, porn DVD and other stuff that I've decided to come back (for those one interested, here you can buy 4 viagra pills for 100B = 2 euro. How much it cost in Europe?)

Now I'm at Chad Guesthouse, a really good place in Mae Sai where to stay (of course only one night, nothing to do here, it's almost 3h that I'm in front this PC, and maybe I'm going to spend 60-80B, nothing!), then tomorrow I will visit this famous oppius place, the Golden Triangle...yes, here there is one of the oldest plantation of "papaveri", used to made heroin!

I will keep you informed!

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