[...]You can get 6 , 5×6 photos for 150 baht or 12 for 180 baht.[...]go to Chiang Mai Ram Hospital to get a medical certificate.[...] we stopped at the big ‘copy shop’[...]‘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.[...]went for some time in Buak Hard Park[...]to Lamphun to the Thai restaurant that Roz had told me about that serves crocodile[...]

Firstly my mad dash to Vientiane when I realised that yet again I had mis- read the dates on my passport and had just 5 days in which to get an extension to my non-immigrant b visa[..] In the evening we found a very nice restaurant 5 minutes walk up the road. Well, the restaurant was nice, and the food excellent, shame that the service was very much on the slow side and barely a smile to be seen.

We then did a little bit of shopping at a couple of clothes shops before returning to the hotel to watch movies in our room.

By all accounts there is no Cinema in Vientiane![..] For 150 baht each we had access to the 3 pools available.

For a little extra we could have taken advantage of the multiple water slides.

For the complex owners it was a shame to see such an impressive place so empty. For us, wanting a quiet relaxing dip, it was perfect.

At the entrance to the complex is a cafe/bakery which sells very good coffee, shakes and excellent bakery products. It was our best find in Vientiane.[...]

Having been pretty full on with the Cafe/guesthouse for over a year now, it is now at the point where the need for me to be present all the time is much reduced. But if not the restaurant then what to keep me busy here in Chiang mai. Well, I tell everyone else to go see a Temple. So thats just what I will be doing over the next few weeks. Look out for The Brick Road Cafe Temple Tour pages, coming soon. In fact the first tour should be posted by the end of the day. Starting with Wat Chedi Luang, the ancient Temple, and Chedi, behind our guesthouse