[A Day in May]

One nice thing about staying in one place a little longer than a few weeks is that I actually I get to celebrate events, like my birthday yesterday, with people I know.

NaPaa runs a very local restaurant on my street and over time we have become good friends. She practically speaks no English so it is a fantastic way for me to improve my Thai, and slowly our conversations are evolving from "I like beer, you like beer too?" :-)

On the morning of my birthday we rode together up the mountain to a famous temple of Chiang Mai (as luck would have it I had no teaching on this day). Despite the heat on the plains we enjoyed the coolness of the mountain air over a cup of coffee. Whilst I was there I paid my respects to the Buddhas with flowers, incense and candles, a very Thai thing to do on your birthday. Can only be good for my karma right...

In the evening her restaurant was closed except for a small group of people I invited, it was almost like mum was taking care of us. Later we all went to a bar to continue drinking and we ended up in 'The seedy night club' of Chiang Mai, and even though I am sure I came home alone I did wake up with a keen headache.

It was such a wonderful way to spend my birthday, something I havent done in some years.














Temple on Mountain "Doi Suket"
















Dancers in the Temple

Offerings given to the Buddhas

From my Thai student learning Dutch.

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