Thailand Part 2

See, now aren't you glad I didn't have to keep sending out mass emails?

I can't promise to be brief, but at least it's your call if you want my words to aid you in your procrastination.

Quick note: 35 baht = one US dollar

So my first meal in Chiang Rai.....

It was on Christmas eve and Godwin, a man volunteering from Malaysia, and his son invited me to go with them into town. He had picked a nice hotel restaurant to dine at. Well, nice was an understatement. He picked the best hotel in town. In the lobby were quite a few pictures of Asian higher ups. You can imagine how much the food cost. Now for comparison’s sake yesterday I had good sized plate of very tasty chicken fried rice (kaao put guy in Thai) for 20 baht/57 cents. A plate at the hotel cost 120 baht. An eight ounce coke cost 70 baht. I only know since my request for "cold water" was met with a brownish fizzy drink. I’m not sure how that happened. She would have heard at least “coke water” but my coke wasn’t watered down one bit. In fact, it had a lime in it! I’d hate to be the person that asked for a big piece of "rum cake." They’d be a bit tipsy afterwards I’m afraid.

Long story made longer.....585 baht/$16 later we finished up.....more than I would spend on a meal in THE US. Not to mention the 250 baht taxi ride. I don’t imagine I’ll be spending that much on a meal ever again here. My 20 baht rice was just as good as the 120 baht variety at the hotel.