And then it started raining.
As disappointed as we were, it didn't make sense to spend the money on motorbikes and gear rental, and the time to get out to the crag, just to find we coulnd't climb. So we threw in the towel, and headed back to the guest house to do a little reading.
When it cleared up a bit in the afternoon, we decided to rent the motorbikes anyway, and drive up to Doi Suthep, a wat in the hills above Chiang Mai. The bikes were even more fun than I had remembered! We navigated through the maze of Chiang Mai's one way streets and insane traffic and arrived at the wat a little while later.
To get to the temple, you have to climb 306 steps. But it was totally worth it, as the view of the city was beautiful, as was the wat. But after making our way around for awhile, it started sprinkling again. We decided to make our way back to the city, and maybe stop for smoothies along the way. The sprinkle turned into a drizzle and I finally got to use my new rain jacket. (Good news: it works like a champ!) We made our way carefully down the hill and since we weren't getting any drier, stopped for a smoothie just outside the moat. While there, we persued a few international papers and tried to catch up on the rest of the world. (Hillary won PA? Chelsea and Man. United are tied for first? You can "commit journalism" in Zimbabwe?)
A little while later we reluctantly turned in our bikes and held out hope that today would be drier, and perhaps we could go for another ride outside of town. Alas, it is not to be, as it has been raining intermittenly since morning. Is this what they mean by the wet season?
Tomorrow we fly to Luang Prabang, Laos, to spend a few days at the UNESCO World Heritage site. It's a much smaller town than we've seen thus far, with nearby caves to explore, lots of cycling to be had and possibly even some climbing. Maybe we'll even find a few more wats...
3 comments:
You look cute in your rain jacket. Enjoy using it, you won't need it when you get back! It's already been hotter than Hades and I fear it's only going to be the same this summer!
How is you backpack working out? Do you love it too?
Be a safe motorcycle rider, I love you baby!! Glad your having fun but I cant wait to see you-
In no particular order:
1. Jen takes really good pictures
2. I'm glad I now know what a wat is - I hope you find another one!
3. They have smoothies there?
4. yay for Laos - you know what I think of when I think of Laos? That biz-zomb game we played about all the countries with only four letters in the name. Yeah that game rocked.
now i must go back and read every post and respond to it...
for this one i will say...yay pictures!!
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