{"id":977,"date":"2012-07-02T07:05:27","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/?p=977"},"modified":"2012-07-03T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T01:26:00","slug":"monday-july-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/?p=977","title":{"rendered":"Monday July 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It must have been quite a day&#8230;.and therefore how I earned by 2.5 hour nap this afternoon in the couch in the lobby of the hotel. Just saying&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Up bright and early at just after 7am&#8230;breakfast here starts at 7:30 which i was quite anxious for due to the fact that there is no coffee facility in the room! Not even a sip of Nescaf\u00c3\u00a9 instant coffee (that delectable coffee specialty that Thailand is known for in some circles&#8211;right Terry??)<\/p>\n<p>Toast, egg and fruit for brekkie&#8230;.and a very yummy pineapple shake&#8230;nice touch!<\/p>\n<p>After an awesome phone call with Rachael, we decided to go on a walk about. Despite this being our 4th visit to Chiang Mai&#8230;we know there is a lot in the old city we have not seen. And we were right&#8230;.we went to some awesome temples (Wats) and saw some elephants and even cuter rabbits&#8230;.we are always on the look out for rabbits ; ))<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-220516.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-220516.jpg\" alt=\"20120702-220516.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-220605.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-220605.jpg\" alt=\"20120702-220605.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also took a stroll through a local market where all I could imagine buying was a banana waffle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-220734.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-220734.jpg\" alt=\"20120702-220734.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-220812.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-220812.jpg\" alt=\"20120702-220812.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troy doesn&#8217;t understand why I am so fascinated with the waffles here as, in theory, I could get those at home. Yes I could, but they are just different here : )) and the corn especially is SO good!<\/p>\n<p>Jackie&#8230;.we did go by Riam&#8217;s temple and guess what? She was there!! She saw us before we saw her even! She got her hair cut 5 days ago!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-221152.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-221152.jpg\" alt=\"20120702-221152.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Had massaman curry for lunch today at Ginny Place. Very good as i have been thinking about trying it for a bit now.  Also thinking about starting a collection of pictures of signs we see here that are funny and\/or make no sense. I know i need to be careful to keep my pg13 rating&#8230;.but here are a couple chuckles we had today&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-221409.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-221409.jpg\" alt=\"20120702-221409.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-221439.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-221439.jpg\" alt=\"20120702-221439.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had street food for supper tonight&#8230;there is a huge collection of mobile street carts that pop up right before supper all over the place&#8230;.but we went over to Chiang Mai gate tonight. We had pomello, pad thai, pad see ewe, chinese donuts and a lemon shake for 120 baht&#8230;.yes, that is just under $4 and we were stuffed.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a picture of my new favorite massage place! The little massage lady is actually sitting in there&#8230;.she waved at me after I took the picture&#8230;.she might think I am a creeper now&#8230;I have no idea&#8230;but she certainly seemed happy when we came over to her tonight for a massage after supper! I forgot to ask her what her name is&#8230;.but there is always tomorrow ; )<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-221831.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-221831.jpg\" alt=\"20120702-221831.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-222514.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120702-222514.jpg\" alt=\"20120702-222514.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It must have been quite a day&#8230;.and therefore how I earned by 2.5 hour nap this afternoon in the couch in the lobby of the hotel. 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