July 31, 2017. Chiang Rai back to more modern Chiang Mai

LOCATION:  Chiang Mai, Thailand in northern part of Thailand

WEATHER:  I need a word auto-filler for Hot and Humid

 

We had a leisurely breakfast at our hotel.  The breakfast here isn't anything special - usually one Western dish and one Eastern dish. Today they put out yogurt.  George tried one container.  It was corn flavored with kidney beans in it!  Weirdest taste ever~~  

Then, we took a tuk tuk to our favorite train station.  The big mud puddle has dried up and it is now just dirt.

Lots of activities with busses, tuk tuks, mini-busses, and trucks giong in and out.  George waited in the "waiting room" for our bus...

The bus ride was about 3.5 hours.  We didn't stop this time, as there was a toilet on board.    

Once in Chiang Mai, we took a tuk tuk pick-up to our hotel.  It is right at the train station, which we selected because we have a fairly early train ride tomorrow back to Bangkok.

 

We got settled in and waited until 5:00, when beer can be sold, then took a tuk tuk pick-up to a craft beer bar we had heard about it.  Here is George riding along...

And here are views from the rear.  This guy is a delivery person...

And this lady is driving a kind of food truck...

The driver had a hard time finding our destination, so we ended up getting off and walking a bit.  We had overpriced, but good, craft beers and a Thai version of chips and salsa.  Then, back to our hotel.  I told the tuk tuk driver that we wanted to go to the "choo choo" station, and he understood.  Funny.

 

We ate dinner in a little place next to our hotel.  I don't know what I ordered, but I didn't care for it.  It was shrimp and veg in a sauce that tasted like crab juice and vinegar.  Oh well.  Something new.