Over all it was a 5.5 hour bus ride to Chiang Rai.  Not great, but do-able for a long weekend.  After I got off the bus, I went to the ticket sales window to book my ticket home.  There was another westerner next to me that had been on my bus doing the same thing.  We chatted a little.  She’s living in Tak.  My hotel was only a 10 minute walk from the bus station so I walked it instead of taking a Taxi.  My hotel is near the clock tower.  There is so much gold and ornate carving on the clock tower that you can barely notice there’s a clock.

When I went out to dinner, I ran into the girl from the bus station and three of her friends.  They invited me to join them.  They are all teachers that came through Xploreasia too.  It was nice to share dinner with someone.  Yes, I tried Tinder again and only one match came up and he was way outside of the city.  It was nice to have pizza.

On my way to dinner I saw a coffee shop with cats in it.  What is this wonderful thing?  I went there after dinner just to check it out.  You can have dessert or drinks and sit at low tables on the floor while playing with cats.  The cats were healthy and fluffy, unlike the stray cats in Thailand which I’m afraid to pet.  Throw a puppy or two in there and it would be perfect.

I went for massage after cats.  Most of the massages in Thailand are excellent.  This was not.  Her movements were not smooth and she just wanted to talk the whole time, sometimes stopping the massage altogether because she got distracted by her story or she needed to show me pictures on her phone.  I guess not all the massages in Thailand can be good.  It was bound to happen sooner or later.

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