Everyone said "You'll never want to leave Chiang Mai" and they were right! I'm tearing myself away to visit Pai for a few days before flying to Vietnam though. There are a lot of similarities between CM and Edinburgh believe it or not, and I think that's one of the reasons I feel very at home here. I've been keeping very busy with temple-visiting, yoga, cycling, swimming, monk chat & meditation, thai cookery, movie-going, markets, trips to the Golden triangle (where Thailand, Myanmar & Laos meet) and of course, the odd thai massage! The live music scene here is great and I've been to see my yoga teacher's funk band a couple of times. I could go into the usual amount of detail, but it would make for a very long and rambling blog entry. So
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