Bye Chiang Mai, Hello Koh Chang

Greetings,

I’m outta Chiang Mai today. Instead of getting all emo and telling you about how I loved it and hated it. My highs, my lows and other stuff like that, let us just talk about the future, shall we? Yes, that is a brilliant idea, we shall.

Okay okay, this is a blog so let us get a bit emo. Had a good night last night. Met a lady for dinner and had a hilarious conversation. After that said farewell to my bartender friends and made my way home. Today woke up and got some stuff done. Also gave my fan to the security guards, wish I had still had it though as I’m sweating bullets right now. You don’t know how many people you actually know until you start saying goodbyes.

I hate goodbyes, especially when you may never return.

Back to the future, shall we?

Off to Bangkok then Koh Chang. Most likely taking a bus or train to BKK.  If I take a plane, I’ll get in late at night and have to wake up early to catch an 8 am to Koh Chang. It’s a 6 hour trip. Koh Chang is one of the largest islands of Thailand in the gulf. Meeting a large crew of Finnish guys at lonely beach.  Supposedly they are kicking back in $3 a night bungalows that are steps away from the ocean, sounds tight?

After that, who cares. I’d continue writing but I just feel like I need to pack everything and pretend to leave. That way I will know that I’m missing things and rectify the problem. I have a horrible habit of doing pointless stuff up until it’s so late I have no choice then being madder than the mad hatter himself and trying to get everything in while hustling to a train or bus station.

Chiang Mai was nice and the community of bloggers / expats is quite large. If settling in Thailand and thinking Bangkok, consider here as well. It’s a decent size city with a small town feel if that makes sense. It’s also insanely affordable and the people are really friendly. Thailand truly is the “Land of  Smiles”.

If you’re visiting here, join Team Chiang Mai on facebook.

After Koh Chang I will be flying to Sri Lanka for 3 weeks on my way to Africa.

This adventure is just getting started, props to those of you who have stuck with SHABL through our most boring photo of the day because SHABL has nothing fun to write about stage. Believe it or not, this place is still growing. If we were an American teen, we’d have stretch marks.

Tips hat,

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