My Thai Discovery Journey

Thankyou @soul beautiful animal pics.

Day 6

Didn’t get to the Jazz Club last night as it was bucketting down with rain. Had a queasy belly that disturbed my sleep so I decided to put off the trip to Pai until a bit later.

This was breakfast.

The king is being cremated tomorrow in Bangkok, a year after his death. He was a really popular guy and had even on the throne a really long time so the nation has been in mourning all this time. Black and white on the Thai TV stations, no images on the Google Search page and so on. Things will be rather quiet and most businesses closed so people can pay their respects.

I spent the day resting, had a swim and then a traditional Thai massage that did wonders in releasing the knots in my body. Lots of creaking and cracking going on but I feel good now. There’s a quaint little place just a stones throw away that is cheap as chips (probably cheaper)

Will head out and get some dinner later as my appetite is returning.

Hope you are all well. Had to turn off notifications as they were coming so thick an fast and the somewhat feeble internet here wasn’t coping.

Hope you are also enjoying coming along on this cyber journey with me.

@soul I just wanted to thank you for taking us all along on this exciting journey of yours. Northern Thailand is somewhere I've always wanted to go, but now probably never will due to health problems. Your journey is probably as close as I'll ever get, so again thank you. It all looks so exciting, a whole world away from Australia.

Thank you @Queenie @outlander @Maggie @utopia @Former-Member @Shaz51@CheerBear@Phoenix_Rising@Determined@Bimby2@BambiFawn@Appleblossom@Former-Member@Former-Member@Ant7@TAB@Sans911@Former-Member and everyone following my trip.

It has been envigorating and calming for my body, mind and soul. It is indeed very different from Australia. A lot of things markedly so. Just takes a little getting used to. Spending a month here allows me to do some of the touristy things but also just soak up the everyday culture. Even learning a bit of the lingo.

I am lovin this journey @soul. Thank you for taking the time out of your holiday to post on here and let us come along with you

Your Thai massage sounds great. @soul

There were no high rise in Chang Mai when I was there. Only a fabulous mall in Bangkok. Are you planinng to go up the Maekong?

Hi @soul

It really has been very interesting and such a joy to follow your cyber Thai journey. Thanks for sharing it with us. I do wish I had more opportunities to travel, but this is the next best thing.

I remember the Thai King dying about a year ago, there was such an outpouring of grief amongst Thai people. He must of been really something special.