we are in chiang mai

this morning at 5:15 am we arrived in chiang mai. we took the night bus, which was paid for by our jobs. they also paid for two nights at this pretty nice hotel place. on the bus we sat in the front row of the upper deck, so we had a good view. even though it was dark, we had a pretty good look at the roads and highways because a lot of sections had lights. all the road signs are in thai and english even when you leave bangkok.

there is a big hill in chiang mai. it already seems less mungy and smelly than bangkok here, and we have only been here for 2 hours. we are staying in the old town and there is a moat around it.

in a few hours Yim is going to pick us up to look at apartments. more on that soon. and i hope to label some pictures soon. maybe after i sleep tonight, since sleeping on a bus is not really sleep.

in other good news, we were told that the heat in bangkok was about as hot as it gets. which is good, because it was pretty bearable, just really sweaty.