The condensed version of the next 5 days.

Well, as im sure you can tell by the three days that took 10 posts to cover, i am woefully behind in my blog postings, so i hope a quick summary will suffice.

After the trek:
We went to some of the Wats in Chaing Mai
We saw Wat Doi Sutep, it is entered through a 200+ stair staircase. We got in free because we were Thammasat Students. It had spectacular views of the city. A monk blessed me and Steve.

Then to Wat Umong, which is a forest monastery (city monasteries study the Buddhist texts, forest monasteries focus on meditation). It had some shrines dug into a hill, and had a rare starving Buddha image. very beautiful and peaceful.

We went to Monk Chat at Chaing Mai University (where Ar graduated from) and got there an bit early so i got an hour long reflexology massage. Ill stick with the Thai Massage, it hurts less. And the massusses tried to teach us Lanna, the northern language that is similar but more distinct than a dialect from thai.

Monk Chat was not as enlightening as one might hope. Kinda disapponited and the guy who started it was a pompous jackass. We meet him on our way out, he was a westerner. When we asked him if he recommended any resturants in the area he said that he ate at places that we wouldnt like. He really upset me and I think he will be reincarnated as a lowly animal.

I found out that they Bus we had hoped to take to Khon Kean was not leaveing when we needed it to, so we grabbed a bus back to Bangkok, and then to the Island of Ko Samet.

We had lazy times on Ko Samet, reading on the beach. We met a thai family that spoke less english than we spoke Thai and they invited me and steve to have beers with them. I sipped mine politely. They, and steve, teased me for not enjoying beer. They then invited us to lunch, they cooked us great food. Next time you are at the grocery store check in the produce section for the cost of starfruit. We had some fresh picked off the tree near us for free.

Later,I tried to finish a 20 inch pizza on my own as part of an eating contest and that ended in a regurgitation.

Back to Bangkok we went to get back to school on monday.