Last night was pretty awful. Obviously it could be worse. We are in Thailand, we don’t have to get up and go to work and we had just witnessed one of the most memorable events we will probably ever be lucky enough to be apart of. When it comes to sleep however, last night was really pretty awful.

I’ve already mentioned the hardness of the bed. You can probably picture an old, tough as old boots mattress with over used springs. Think concrete. You’d be much closer.

Around 4am we managed to fall asleep. At 4:05 two American girls came back to sleep in the tents that were outside our bedroom door. Oh…My…Gaaad! 100 times. No lie.
“Like OMG I love our lives. They are literally soooo funny”…

Nobody is laughing love.

Having listened to the vast number of apparently hilarious goings on from their night out, we got to sleep. Only to be woken up by the same girls a couple of hours later screaming about the guys they could of had the night before. Could of had being the appropriate phrase.

Anyway, at some point we actually did fall asleep. Annoyingly however we then didn’t wake up until just before midday, so any plans for the day had to be pushed back. Not that we had any plans but we felt the need to blame the American girls for our misfortune.

We used the day to laze about. Chill out. Kotch if you will. We had a walk around the city wall and found where the night market would be taking place this evening. We sat in a small park and melted in the 40°c heat for a while. Nobody can tell me days can get hotter than today. It was silly.

Eventually we found ourselves at a bar just inside the wall of the old town. We had a cheeky bottle of Chang and a Coke float each and sat down for some serious people watching. This swift drink soon turned into multiple cheeky Chang’s and coke floats. So much so that it had gone dark and we hadn’t even realised.

At 6pm we decided to order some dinner. Soph plucked for a pork noodle soup while I stuck to the old faithful green Thai curry. Now at home, when choosing a curry off the menu or in the supermarket I am more than happy with the strength of the curry being represented by three small chilli graphics next it’s name. Meh…

If you ever visit Thailand you need to be sure to multiply the chilli number by TEN. This curry was hotter than the sun. It had so much spice to it I was starting to hallucinate. I was in bad way. Soph however was happily slurping away at her noodle soup.

After a slow recovery we headed for the famous Chiang Mai night market. It is huge. Clothes, watches, shows, bags, tons of Beats headphones. They have the lot here. It’s amazing how nice the stall owners are too. Always offering a special price just for you…..

As a guy shopping with a girl on holiday it is truly fascinating how many people we have to buy presents for. I’m not sure there is anyone we have ever met that isn’t getting a little something from us. So enjoy. Think of us starving in our rock hard hostel bed when you receive your we’ll earned gift…

After the market adventure we headed back to a little bar for another Chang and some live music. There is so much talent here going totally unnoticed. The guitarist at the bar was insane. Yet nobody was even acknowledging him other than us and a drunk Frenchman. Such a shame.

So now we are back at the hostel for our 2nd night of the 3 we had prebooked. Hoping to visit Doi Suthep temple tomorrow so looking to get up early. Hope you all have a great weekend.

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