Tonight, it's imperative that I get a good night's sleep; tomorrow at 6:30 in the morning, it's the Superbowl! There are at least three pubs in Chiang Mai that are opening up early for fans interested in American football. Which, I must admit, are a small minority. In case you didn't know, aside from North America, the rest of the world hates our football. The bars here seem to have soccer on the big screens at every minute of the day, and for every minute of those days there are people into it. Five years ago, I was here, watching sports with two guys from the Middle East, and I had to listen to them berate our sport with a combination of confusion and disgust. That being said, I'm rather excited to wake up early, walk to the Chiang Mai Saloon, and enjoy some coffee and toast with my Canadian and American brethren.
Earlier today, we received our first authentic Thai massages. I'm not sure why it took us so long; getting massages was one of the exciting things we talked about doing before we came. Even though we took our sweet time, the experience exceeded my enthusiastic expectations. I've had two hour long massages in my life, both in Arcata. The cost of my massages in Arcata: $40. The cost of my aromatherapy oil massage (which was more expensive than a normal full body) here: less than $6 (180 Baht). It was nice, higher end place too! All I could think about for the entire hour was global economics.
Finally, I thought I'd add another video update. This one is actually from over a week ago, but it shows a little of what Chiang Mai looks like (rather than what the inside of our hotel rooms look like).
...and Kim and I still haven't gone to a boxing match.
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At this moment I am watching the last 2 minutes and what an exciting finish it is. I am glad you got an authentic Thai massage - it took me two tries when Sue and I were there to land an "up and up" massage, and it was great!
ReplyDeleteFelix is doing great but I can tell he is homesick for the two of you.
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Yeah, my massage was on the "up and up," although for the first half I was face down, thinking I'd received a man rather than a women. I couldn't help but think of George Castanza freaking out, questioning his sexuality.
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