Just a couple of days to cover since my ride out with Ally. Sunday was a bit of a lazy day in the end. Not so early to rise, after the exhaustion of Saturday, I had planned to visit the Gym on Sunday afternoon and even got as far as getting to Airport Plaza for around 4pm.
When we arrived we saw that there had been some sort of event going on over the weekend, sponsored by Sponsor.
We’d obviously missed most of it but there were some dance displays going on.
Having got there all geared up for the Gym, Boons hunger pangs got to me and I decided to eat with him first.
We decided to grab something from the food court in the lower level of the Plaza.
We then went for a wander around the Plaza during which my legs began to ache, still coming down from the strains of the day before.
Stopping at Maggs Coffee, on the first floor, we made the mistake of plonking ourselves down on their comfiest sofa, at which point all hope of me going to the gym faded away.
Finishing my very nice Ice Mocha, I dragged myself up and we went down to watch some of the show on the stage outside.
But even the very energetic and entertaining dance routines could not compete with the tiredness that had set in and we soon headed home for an early night.
Back to school today. Another good one, with the kids being on their best behaviour and very responsive to the lessons taught.
We finished early today due to a mass cleaning session, which all the children had to take part in.
As they prepared to scrub the school down there was a slight distraction when a baby Cobra was spotted.
Now I sort of assumed that knowledge and respect for such creatures would be one of those things passed down the generations, in a country where they are indigenous.
Sadly it would appear that this is part of the culture that may be slipping. Whilst being a little wary, the kids seemed intent on throwing things at the snake, which was doing its best to slip away, to the point where it got agitated enough to turn and head towards them, hood spread.
One of the teachers had just informed the children that this snake could spit its poison quite along way and thankfully they had stopped throwing things. No longer being attacked the snake relaxed and went on its way.
After our early finish we had call to go into Chiang Mai after getting word of some furniture, that will be useful for our Foundation Project, going for a bargain price.
We needed to go to Lamphun first, for Boon to pick up his latest batch of Herbal Life ‘put on weight’ pills. Boon had informed me that he was getting hungry again and wanted to eat soon.
Expecting the nearby cafes to be open I headed down the old Lamphun/Chiang Mai road to Cafe Lut 89, the small coffee stall just before the intersection with the Super Highway.
Unfortunately for Boon the cafes were closed. After a delicious Iced Latte, we carried on into Chiang Mai. I told Boon to let me know when he wanted me to stop for food. When he gets hungry Somboon tends to get very grumpy. We got all the way into town with no word from Boon, so I headed to Chiang Mai Gate to the food stalls there. He wasn’t impressed by anything on offer so off we went in search of somewhere else. Trouble was he had already gone into full grumpyness melt down and we proceeded to ride around for another half an hour, passing numerous cafes, before he finally settled on Champeuk Gate food stalls. And of course it was all my fault!
All smiles again once he’d eaten we drove into The Brick Road Cafe. Yes, we’re buying our old furniture back off the new owner who is about to completely refurbish. Today was just to get the 3 single beds and 4 wardrobes down the stairs ready for transporting tomorrow.
This replaced my rescheduled plan to go to the Gym. Going up and down the stairs at The Brick Road 8 times was more than enough exercise for the day.
