February 27 - 28
The original plan for the day was to depart from Chiang Mai and head for Laos where we wanted to renew our visas and travel around for several days. However, as we arrived at Vichai's house returning from gardening school, Dylan began to feel ill - and it only got worse. Contemplating wether to just push through or not, we were warned and advised by Vichai to stay until Dylan felt better. He said the medicine in Laos is horrible and he didn't want to worry about us the whole time we were gone. So that was enough reason for us to stay, the last thing we want to be is stuck in a Lao hospital and also a 7 hour bus ride while nauseated with fever just doesn't sound comfortable.
The next day, Dylan didn't get much better. So, what better to do with the day while Dylan is lying sick in bed than teach Vichai's son Wich and his neighbor girl friend Mi Cheeko American games! Together we made a mini golf course out of the back yard garden, played some hangman with the simple english words they understood from school, and set-up a tent in the yard (complete with two fans and a sitting mat). After a while, Dylan joined us for some jump rope and tri-pod balance poses followed by wheel-barrow racing. After a long afternoon of fun and games we hopped on our bikes and rode to cool off at the neighborhood pool with a few rounds of sharks and minnows, which was then crashed by a bus load of Thailand teens - its the same all over the world :)
The next day Dylan's fever broke - so we declared to leave the next morning. One more day in Chiang Mai we contacted another friend of a friend that had been wanting to see us in Chiang Mai - Pensook. Pensook is a principal of a high school (we discovered a very powerful lady at the Wachawurit School). We met her at her school that afternoon. Her driver pulled up to the large, gold security gate gaurding the school drive entrance as she rolled down the window and called to us, "Elizabeth!". We hopped in and she took us to the most elegant lunch, a very fancy lunch buffet at a rather famous restaurant in Chiang Mai. It was amazing. Dylan and I didn't know what to grab first- the amazing varieties of Thai food or the tempting western food that we had not indulged in for months, and then there was the fruit display, the salad bar, and the desserts! We walked away very full and very grateful for the unexpected treat.
Tomorrow Laos!
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