The only annoying thing was that the hideous plastic shoes, which I was told by more than one person would be "sooooo comfortable and light!", gave me blisters. So they are in the bad books at the moment. Might have to persevere though, my shoe repertoire here is severely limited!
The three of us came to the tragic realisation that we really do look related; the offending "so comfortable" shoes
My room; the view from my balcony (hope the neighbours don't mind, I made sure there was noone in the shot!)
My first impressions? Well, the thing is - I don't think I have any yet. I got off the plane in Chiang Mai, met the person who was picking me up, and was whisked to my hotel/apartments/whatever with only a cursory stop at the 7-11 on the way. So I really don't know. What has struck me is the frustration at being unable to read/write/speak/understand the language. I think this is compounded by the fact that it sort of looks like Vietnam here, so I feel like I should be able to function fully on my own. Bring on the language classes, I have to become less pathetic!
But it is pretty green here. And there are mountains.
I'm in my room now - it's lovely, spacious, light and clean. PLUS there is cable internet, cable television (hurrah for BBC World and bad Thai soaps!). It is particularly satisfactory now that I have purchased toilet paper and a new SIM card for my phone, had a shower and eaten some lunch. It's just about time for a post-prandial nap, I think.
I haven't copped my first mosquito bite yet. Any takers on how long it'll be? I'm thinking, not long.
5 comments:
I would just like to say that 'Little Miss Sunshine' has featured on every plane trip I have been on this trip! Can't believe it's *still* running!
I'm hoping for 'Marie Antoinette' for my flight home on Qantas next week, as I've almost finished 600 page biography (got a bit enthusiastic after visiting Versailles!)
Good luck Q (we may at least be in same time zone now??)
I'm jealous already and that's just of the sunshine out your balcony.
It is miserable weather here today and I have my first winter bug, so enjoy your escape!
hey gorgeous - it sounds great - forgve the pretentious blog name - post break up over excitement.
JessF aka superJ BTW
I'm just posting to prove that even with no home internet I will in fact be reading your journal and posting :)
Good luck with everything and I hope the language classes start making your world make more sense.
I'm planning to get back on the Spanish this week as I've decided that I can't justify carbon of going overseas unless I put in the hard yards of language learning first so I can actually do some stuff while I'm over there!
love J
It's all right Don - I have a cold already :(((
Jess with a name like that you'd better start writing some posts of your own!
K I was quite glad that LMS was still showing on the plane, I missed it and always wanted to see it. Thai Air didn't have Marie Antoinette.
You reckon I can safely subscribe to your feed on my LJ friends page, or will Mum complain about the fact that people might OMG LINK US!!!! and thus OMG PEOPLE MIGHT STALK ME BECAUSE OF YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS!!!? Much easier to have your posts show up on my friends page with all the rest than to have to remember to look at your blog.
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