Photos, Bags, I.D,Health Certificate in Chiang Mai

Busy day today getting quite a few things done. My first journey, whilst Boon slept in, was over to the Childrens Home to get some paperwork I needed from Roz.
Having computer problems she had to dash off to the nearest print shop to sort it for me. So I spent half an hour pushing kids on swings and doing a little English practice.

Boon met me there at around 9.30 and we both rode into Chiang Mai and went to The Brick Road Cafe for coffee before I went off to get photos done for my new work permit.

First useful info of the day. If you are after such photos theres a photo shop on the corner of Intrawarorot Road off Pra paklao, close to the Three Kings Monument.

You can get 6 , 5×6 photos for 150 baht or 12 for 180 baht.
Done in 15 minutes I returned to the cafe.

When Boon had finished his breakfast, we both left, he to look for a massage course and me to go to Chiang Mai Ram Hospital to get a medical certificate.

After checking in at the info desk, it was up to the 4th floor to the Home Care department.The whole process took about half an hour and cost 100 baht.

I then went and met Boon at Central shopping Plaza, on Huay Kaow Rd. After a coffee on the terrace at the centre of the plaza, we went in search of a small backpack for me to carry essentials instead of having half a dozen different things hanging round my neck all the time. Got just what I needed for 300 baht.
On the way back to The Brick Road, we stopped at the big ‘copy shop’, close to the Three Kings Monument, directly opposite the photo shop I visited earlier.
Here I had the front page and last visa stamp page of my passport photocopied at 75% and the had them put back to back and laminated, all for the princely sum of 12 baht.
This is a useful thing to do for people who don’t like to carry their passport everywhere. one of the most useful applications for this ‘I.D card’ is that should you be unfortunate enough to suffer an accident or sudden illness that requires hospitalisation then this has all the information needed to get you admitted.

After going back to the cafe for lunch we went for some time in Buak Hard Park. It was a bit of a grey afternoon but Buak Hard is always a beautiful place to relax.
For more photos of the park please visit our photobucket album here.

With still time to kill before Boon was due to go to the clinic about his bad sinuses,  we popped into The Ratchadamnoen Coffee, a pleasant little cafe with a modern, air con, indoor place with internet access and a relaxing outdoor garden with a wonderful water wall. The coffee and shakes are very good and not over priced.

You can find this place just off Ratchadamnoen Road to the left coming from Thapae Gate, at the crossroads by the main Chiang Mai Police Station.

We had met marc at the cafe and he had asked for a lift back to Chiang Mai so Boon went ahead with him whilst I had to go to meet a friend I’d promised to see for coffee.
As I got back to our village I got a call from Tyler calling us over to Lamphun to the Thai restaurant that Roz had told me about that serves crocodile. Just down the road from Lamphun Hospital he said.
That was fine, except that coming into Lamphun the signs for the hospital did that annoying thing and disappeared way before getting to it. Still, after stopping and asking about 4 times, we got there.
And it was well worth it, very tasty.

Tyler and Roz were already there and Marc arrived to kindly transported by Guy. Shame the photo is a bit blurred, too many beers I guess.

For more photos from today please visit our photobucket album here.