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Part2: Chiang mai
Then I flew to Chiang Mai with AirAsia; Stayed at Raming Lodge for 4 nights. Raming Lodge is a nice hotel in Lana-style. I booked it with agoda and got a double room for half the price (1350 baht) of a single room-rate.
I really liked Chiang Mai. It’s the second biggest city of Los but it had more of a little town atmosphere after busy Bangkok. Found it very relaxed over there.
On my first night I went to the night bazaar for some T-shirts and shorts and tried my bargaining skills but still paid way too much. But hey, it was still many times cheaper than the prices at home.
On the way back to the hotel I ended up in the entertainment plaza on Loi Kroh rd for a few drinks. Watched a Farang getting beaten by a Thai guy (in the boxing ring). Then a girl? came sitting next to me and we talked for a while. When she asked me to go with me to my room suddenly my LB-alarm went off. I’m still not sure if she was a he or a she but didn’t want to test my luck so went back to my hotel alone again.
The next day I walked through the old city and visited the many wats and went for a massage (without happy ending).
That night I took a stroll along the girlie-bars on Loi kroh Rd. After hearing all the “hello, welcome”my good intentions were pretty much gone and I started paying a few ladydrinks here and there and finally took a girl back to my room. In the bar she was all over me, but once in the room she didn’t look very interested anymore and just went on automatic pilot. I know it’s just work for them, but I still like a bit of enthusiasm.
Next day I booked a trip to Doi Suthep and a hilltribe village. We had a very entertaining female guide and it was a real fun trip.
By then I was already hooked to the Thai girls and started barhopping Loi Kroh rd again.
When I saw a girl I wanted to barfine and bought her a ladydrink, she replied: “Why you young man want to sit with old, pom poi lady like me.” Well I’m 31 years old but I look a lot younger. Everyone always thinks I’m only 24-25 + I weigh only 60 kg (I actually would like to be a little bit more pompoi myself). She was only 23 and not pompoi at all but said she was old, pompoi lady because she had a son of 3 and her Thai boyfriend had left her the moment she was pregnant. She normally only went with older men to have dinner (she said...). I tend to believe her because when we left the bar together all her friends started yelling and giggling at her things like “Oh, Sai go with young man”.
Anyway, she was a real fun girl -in and out of the loom- so I barfined her again the next day. When we were laying in bed that night she turned to me and said in almost perfect Dutch: “ik hou van jou, ik hou erg veel van jou” (Dutch for “I lub you, I lub you too mut”). I was like wtf? I know she probably sais that to every man from Belgium or Holland but I was surprised she could pronounce it so well. Never heard someone who Dutch isn’t their native language speak Dutch that well. Even the Turks or Moroccans that live in Belgium for 20 years have a fatter accent.
Conclusion: Didn’t hold on to my intentions about barfining maybe 1 girl, but still spend most of time on sightseeing. But I sure was hooked to the Thai girls by then.
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