Goodbye Chiang Mai, Hello Bangkok!

This afternoon I am taking a 14 hour sleeper train to Bangkok. I really didn't do much in Chiang Mai, but in truth that is exactly what I needed. Still though, I have a few details from the last couple days to share:

The old city of Chiang Mai is surrounded by a hundreds year old moat/wall combination. It's kind of cool because inside the old city you have the stark contrasts of ancient temples and modern buildings and streets.

Last night I ate dinner at a restaurant that claims to have "the second best pizza in Chiang Mai". I decided to try it. It was maybe the 3rd dinner I've eaten alone since the paths of Steve and I diverged in Saigon over two weeks ago. Immediately after paying my bill, I spotted a classmate of mine from Osgoode on the street! I knew she was in Southeast Asia, and Steve had actually run into her in Hong Kong before my arrival. She was travelling with a group of people that were all either Queen's alumni, or recent grads of Osgoode or UofT law. So I had common friends with everyone in the group.

They were on their way to watch Muay Thai boxing, so I decided to join them. Some of the fights were definitely entertaining, but we couldn't help but wonder how old the boxers were in the first two matches we watched (they looked like they were maybe 16 years old). Since they were in the 45 kilo weight class (i.e. 100 pounds) it was hard to judge their age.

Today has been more of a relaxed day. I booked my flight from Bangkok to HK, and I signed up for a vegetarian Thai cooking class in Bangkok tomorrow. It has good reviews on Trip Advisor, so I'm looking forward to it! It's a morning class, so it will leave me with the afternoon to walk around Bangkok. I fly to HK on Friday, so I'm really just in bangkok for abour 30 hours all together.