Whoo hoo...we landed last night in Thailand and in the past 18 hours I'm sure we've all sweated out at least a litre of fluids from our bodies! The small town we are staying in is called Hang Dong and we are about 10 minutes outside of Chiang Mai. We have a little guest house rented in amongst mango, palm, jackfruit, and other tropical trees and flowers at the end of a dead end street surrounded by other houses or rice paddies. Our bedroom is inside, but everything else is located just outside. So even though we have a whole "house", it still feels like we are camping a bit. Today we are just taking it easy as Zach rests and recuperates from a stomach issue (we think from the last airport food from Kathmandu...and we thought we got out of Nepal without the true Nepal experience!). We have tons of geckos crawling around and Alex even spotted a lizard bigger than Titan climbing on a wall outside (green, spotted). We were proud of our lunch negotiations at a local market and have already started to enjoy true Thai cuisine (all for about $1 a plate). Unfortunately Alex and I also went to a fruit vendor after lunch and paid for this giant fruit called "Dary?" and realized that the horrible garbage like smell it makes when cut open is exactly how it tastes as well! Tomorrow we're off to explore Chiang Mai and the fantastic night bazaar everyone keeps telling us about. We have wifi in our place this week, so feel free to email or face time us if you wish. We are 11 hours ahead of Ontario time.
It's called Durian! I can't believe you tried it on your first day. Ew! It's considered a sacred food in Indonesia. Try the durian ice cream (in small amounts) it's a little better. They even have durian chips. It's been great reading your blog, please keep inspiring us!
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