Edmond walks around Chiang Mai. For a little bit.

[Edmond]

trolling

Must be confusing me with someone else.

[Edmond]

A lovely day in the north of Thailand.


Wiang Kum Kan, Wat Chedi Liam, Hoi Kha Noodles along the river, then across to release some turtles etc at Wat Chai Monkhon.

3 temples and a feed.


Enjoyed a nice homemade Shabu last night, so TNY bunged what wasn't cooked into the frying pan for her breakfast. A long with a pint of pink milk and blueberries.







Certainly not my cup of tea.

I've honestly never seen anyone shovel away such an amount of food before, and some of my mates are built gym units.



Not full, she says.




We didn't actually walk to any of these places, so maybe these pics should be in the 'A day in the life in the North' thread??

[Edmond]

Wiang Kum Kan.





The older I get, the more I like trees.











ching chang chin chang ching chung chin



It would be so easy to make golden statuettes all gawdy and tacky.




But just look at that, pure class.

Turns out we were both born on Tuesdays. Which is that guy palmed out on his sofa chilling. Good man Mr Tuesday.

He's actually called Pang Sai Yat, for the uneducated among us, and is in this position to dig at the pride of Asura Rahu, as opposed to play Scrabble and try to invent new words.





To be honest, the most exciting thing there was this tap.



Since getting into property development I get curious about every sort of aspect of building I come across and find it endlessly interesting. I do however note that this interest doesn't usually transfer to those with me.

I was very interested in seeing just what sort of water pressure this bad boy would produce.

TNY didn't seem to share any of my enthusiasm at all about turning on a tap, to be honest.

Next to Wat Chedi Liam Brady.



Lets of these places along the way.

Hold on to your hats, folks.

[Edmond]

Wat Chedi Liam.

Can get horses and carriages between the two. I rather not.



The poor skinny lil fella didn't look the happiest.



But she was hollering away in pure American. *ta-ding*







The most exciting thing for me was this well.





As I've got one on a Thai property, but don't really understand how it works.

From jamming down a fok-long long pole, and measuring it, it hits the bottom at 4 meters, and the water is usually 2 meters from top and bottom, a pretty small water pump draws it up and into the bathrooms and kitchen at a rather impressive amount of pressure. I really should have listened to the teacher blabbering on about water tables and the such in Grade 10 geography instead of feeling up Tina Blackmore. Oh well. I suppose.

[Edmond]

Other then a tap and a well, the only interesting thing was food. One of my fave lil lunch places, right near Rimping supermarket at the iron bridge.





Oh yes suuuuur.





I didn't need half a lb of raw sugar on mine as I'm sweet enough already.


Lovely next to the river which actually had a cool breeze coming along it.

195 baht for all that. That's like 1 Big Mac and 1 Can of Leo at the TD Mod Convention Conference.

[Edmond]

Always nice to eat next to a river.




550b p/p for a 2 hour trip up stream, that stops at a farm for a cool flower drink, apparently. Seems pretty cheap really, and a nice way to spend 2 hours, as long as there aren't a load of squarkers onboard.



I was slightly temped to order that liter of Jameson with an IV drip for the rest of the afternoon and evening, to be honest.



TNY wants motorbike riding lessons if anyone fancies teaching a student that will probably eat their motorbike.

[Edmond]

We then swam across the river to Wat Chai Mongkhon.

I do like trees more and more nowadays.

This dude is a whopper.




The fish in the river seemed quite hungry, and I presume there are some monitor lizards in there too, so we got them their lunch.



I went all Ocker and called them Tim & Tam.



Added some seasoning.




Then back to my house for a mighty good few hours of snoozing before someone needed to eat a kilo bag of pure sugar.


The lovely north. :-)

[Topper]

Nice!

[hallelujah]

Other then a tap and a well, the only interesting thing was food. One of my fave lil lunch places, right near Rimping supermarket at the iron bridge.





Oh yes suuuuur.





I didn't need half a lb of raw sugar on mine as I'm sweet enough already.


Lovely next to the river which actually had a cool breeze coming along it.

195 baht for all that. That's like 1 Big Mac and 1 Can of Leo at the TD Mod Convention Conference.

I've been to this place; you are right, there is something special about eating next to a river- although not so much if the mozzies are eating you.

[armstrong]

Other then a tap and a well, the only interesting thing was food. One of my fave lil lunch places, right near Rimping supermarket at the iron bridge.





Oh yes suuuuur.





I didn't need half a lb of raw sugar on mine as I'm sweet enough already.


Lovely next to the river which actually had a cool breeze coming along it.

195 baht for all that. That's like 1 Big Mac and 1 Can of Leo at the TD Mod Convention Conference.

Less sugar in a big mac

[misskit]

I do like trees more and more nowadays.

Ooooh. If you like trees, check out this place. Just opened a couple of months ago back. Has a nice coffee shop on the premises too.

Changthong Heritage Park
Google Maps

[Joe 90]

Less sugar in a big mac

That's MSG.

We then swam across the river to Wat Chai Mong.

That sounds about right.

I've been to this place

Where you've been is your business, this is a serious Lulu travel thread for serious ttip reporting.

[Edmond]

Less sugar in a big mac

Ooooh. If you like trees, check out this place. Just opened a couple of months ago back. Has a nice coffee shop on the premises too.

Changthong Heritage Park
Google Maps

Looks lovely, cheers.

[Edmond]

Peshawar at 2pm for proper curry and afternoon swirly-pops if anyone's around.

[Edmond]

Peshawar at 2pm for proper curry

Eddie-No-Mates.

Fok it was good though.

Dropped the Six-Fiddy in for an annual service, strolled down along LK, some right clever-clogs put a wee pre-rolled spliff stall right between a few oil massage establishments with a big 100 Baht Pre Rolled Joint sign out front.

100b joint, then in for a very lovely oil massage by Lampang Bua extra kneading on the undercarriage.
Few beers with a few dodgy koonts.
Into Peshy for a feed.

Rolled home by the fine boys and girls of Grab.

Stoned.
Drunk-ish.
Fully oiled and kneaded, sump expertly drained.
With a belly full of Peshy goodness.

An okay Wednesday afternoon.

[Joe 90]

How is that Thai weed?

Are there different types and hits on the menu like Amsterdamage.

[armstrong]

How is that Thai weed?

Are there different types and hits on the menu like Amsterdamage.

Yeah menus are filled with all sorts ranging in taste and strength

Generally the pre rolls are the premium stuff.

[Edmond]

How is that Thai weed?

I'm the wrong lulu to ask about that. It's not my typical go-to.

[BLD]

Dandelion tea does the trick? Are you 2 sure about that. Personally I reckon you can't go wrong with a bong and a waffle.a smoke and a pancake.

[BLD]

And a beerlao or 3

[Edmond]

Southeast Asia.


Go to pick up me six-fiddy from Kawa at 12:30. Fair enough it's lunchtime for them. Thankfully it was a quick pickup and there was no need to wait in the aircon customer waiting room.




Wouldn't have liked to disturb the 2 mechanics sleeping lengthways along the bench seats.


Can you imagine a big bike dealership in the US, Europe, or even Australia, where the mechanics take it upon themselves to pan out and sleep lengthways along the bench seats of the customer waiting room during their lunchbreak, and the manager doesn't say anything.


In dealerships not managed by immigrants or DEI sticklers anyway.

[harrybarracuda]

Peshawar at 2pm for proper curry and afternoon swirly-pops if anyone's around.

I'd already caned the German buffet and was well into the obligatory two hour post-prandial nap by then.