Firstly, Happy 23rd Birthday to my darling daughter Stace! Love you darlin' and home soon!
Well, the other volunteer has come down with a hacking cough which saw her packing off for Chiang Mai today. Of course the 'co-ordinator' of the Travel to Teach volunteer program we are with did not organise the tuk-tuk for her, so her last few minutes were a panic as she skolled some wine (to quell pre-flight nerves - a routine apparently) and ran to the tuk-tuk which the owner of the guest house arranged at the last minute - 2 tuk tuks arrived within one minute of each other and she was off.
So after calling Stace, (yay!!) went down to the post office as heard it was cheap enough to send stuff back home rather than lugging it around SEA. The price quoted changed from 1630 baht, to something like 1830 as she reweighed my stuff in the 55 baht box, and added on 20 baht for sticky tape etc - I did make a bit of a fuss re the price changing every 10 seconds - anyway - decided best to pay the AUD$57 rather than lugging lots of stuff around and having to pay excess fees on every flight to come (about 5 left yet). It is yet again stinking hot and the net cafe refuses to put it's a/con on (grr). So, have had a pretty good 'full breakfast' consisting of bacon, eggs, toast, coffee and juice for around $3 AUD. And will head off for a brilliant potato bake and pineapple shake for lunch which will also cost around that amount. It's not actually as cheap here as I thought it would be, but I guess still fabulous value for money.
I'm ready to leave MHS tomorrow. It's a lovely place but 2 weeks here has been enough. Tomorrow I head off to the great northern metropolis (AKA "the rose of the north") Chiang Mai. Reckon I'll go to the Wat Doi Suthep in the arvo, and crack out to the night food market for tea, then back to (delicious) air/con'd room and cable for the late evening. Excited re cooking course on Thursday - not expecting alot for AUD$22 including the transfer there and back - but surely I'll come out knowing how to do an authentic Pad Thai or Tom Ka Gai??
Anyhoo, it's a pretty overcast day, but still stinking hot, just have to eat (again!) one last time in my favourite cafe's and pack really. Probably good that I coughed up the (excessive to my mind!) dosh to send stuff back to Briz (and that was the 'slow boat' price - about double or more for airmail!!) so let it go, let it go! Here's a pic of the motorbike I'd get if I lived in Mae Hong Son - I also made a video yesterday but it will have to wait for another day (okay I can't get it to load!!). Mae Hong Son, it's been a real pleasure - crazy Chiang Mai here I come...
Okay no photos will load today?!! Bye for now!
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