We rose early to get organized and get to the airport for a Bangkok Airways flight to Bangkok, then another going to Chiang Mai. We took a tuk tuk to the airport and were checked through in less than 15 minutes, very efficient. Transfer in Bangkok was quite smooth as well, but temperature in Chiang Mai on arrival was near a record, 42 degrees C or roughly 105 Fahrenheit!
We took a cab to our Baan Kaew Guest House, a not very pretentious place but its location is next door to the apartment we will sublet starting Monday, and we needed to coordinate with the landlord on facilities, internet, laundry, etc. and pay her before her departure. She is a teacher from Kalamazoo, Michigan, who is leaving for about 5 months to get back to the US and see friends and relatives after working in a Thai high school in Chaing Mai for two years. We went over to look at her apartment, which is a cute 1-bedroom apartment with a balcony overlooking a Buddhist temple. It is about a 10-minute walk to the Night Bazaar, and close to restaurants, laundry, an exercise club, tuk tuk and song tuk (like a service taxi pickup truck) stand. She introduced us to the building management and the cleaning lady, showed us how to take out the garbage, etc.
We made an arrangement to be picked up by our trip guide for the following day to go up into the mountains with our newly-met friends from Oman, Bill and Carol Moss, who by chance were visiting Chiang Mai at the same time. then we had a bite to eat at a cheap local place, had a cool shower that felt so good in the muggy heat, and went to bed.
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