Every February in Chiang Mai there is a huge flower festival. There's a parade and tons of people come into town and it is madness trying to get anywhere. Don't even think about it. It is gridlock like you would not believe.
Myself and a couple of other Serve Asia workers had the novel idea to take the train out of town in the morning and then catch the last one back at night. Things did not go as planned. We arrived at the train station 30 minutes before our train was to leave. A train arrived and an announcement was made in Thai and in English with information about the train. I actually understood more of what she said in Thai than what she said in English and from what I gathered I thought it was our train. However, it was not. And neither was the next one. One of the railway workers told us our train would be there in 20 minutes. Since the train was already an hour late, we opted to try for a refund and just spend the day perusing the flower festival. Thankfully, we were able to get a full refund and ended up going to the flower festival after all. After the parade we went to the King's garden and had a look around.
Looks like you are keeping busy. I'm sure the loneliness will subside with time. The Wilke's will keep praying for you during this time away from home and also the bigger picture of the direction of your life. Rosanne
ReplyDeleteWow 2 Blogs! That parade totally dominates any of the parades we have in the U.S. and the garden is pretty fantastic too! I really enjoy the pictures you put on here! Have a great week my friend! <3
ReplyDeletethese pictures are awesome!! -natalie
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