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Published: September 30th 2006
Little Tinker!
This was the taxi driver's son. He was so funny and kept beeping the horn when we got to Chiang Mai bus station!(we've added a few bits to the previous entry too)
It took 3 hours to get to Chiang Rai on the bus as we had to drive through so many mountains. We arrived here late afternoon. It's very nice, a lot like Chiang Mai but smaller. There's not much to do here. We had planned to visit the long neck and big ear tribe here but then we found out that they are burmese refugees who are exploited by tourism companies. Even though the tradition of wearing the brass rings on their necks to make them longer was dying out they are forced to do it to attract tourists and bring in money.
We went to the night market here which was pretty small but we had a really nice meal. Olly decided to get a tattoo! he's been saying for ages that he wanted one and we saw the tattooist working and he was brilliant so he decided to splash out (14 pounds!) and had one done! It is on the underside of his left wrist, where a watch would normally go. It is ancient Thai (khmer) script saying 'Charlotte'. It definitely does say Charlotte because the manager
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After the first letter I thought it would be fine, but as he got nearer the middle of my wrist the pain got pretty intense. By the time he started filling the letters in I had got used to it. of our guesthouse read it as that too. It looks good (see pics). My mum and Dan have spontaneously booked a flight to Bangkok for next week as they were coming to see us in Jan but we will be in Oz by then we think!
We had a pizza for lunch on our last day in Chiang Rai-the first western food we'd had. Then got the bus to Chiang Mai. When we got there 3 hours later we tried to get the overnight sleepet train to Bangkok but there were no spaces so we had to get a second class sitting ticket. It took 16 hours!!! It was RANK. We were right near the toilets (which were absolutely gross) and the smell kept wafting through. It was also really cold and bumpy. So we both slept really badly. Finally arrived in Bangkok at 1 the following afternoon!
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Pete
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I translated the tatoo on Babelfish and it definately says Chimpy. Only Joking, glad you and Olly are have a good time.