Tomorrow I leave Chiang Mai. I meant to stay only about a week or so, but it’s been almost a month. The peace and harmony existing here is astounding and refreshing at the same time. Men and women go about their daily tasks with an air of flexibility and understanding I’ve rarely seen in the world. An experience I had yesterday displays some of the qualities quite well.

Another week has past it seems, but I can’t decide if it feels like just yesterday or a month ago that I wrote that last letter. I’ve been in Pai (Bye with the thai phonetics), for most of the time. Pai is a laid back town way up in the mountains north of Chiang Mai by 136km or a 3 hour scooter ride with brief stops along the way to rest my bum.

Sawadee Kaap! I’ve been in Thailand a few days now, and I’d like to report on an spectacular adventure today and some snibbits from the past few days as well.