Three Fun Times in Chaing Mai with Rob and On

Thailand - as I see it.

Tonight we left the hotel on the motorbikes and traveled through the city with hundreds of other motorbikes. We parked at the mall in a parking lot that held over 1000 motorbikes and was free parking. We went to the movie theater, which was very modern with many wild movies. Today was Wednesday and all the movies were half price. The theater was sold out but Rob went early to get our seats. We saw How to Train your Dragon a 3D movie, which was our second 3D movie in two weeks. The first was Alice in Wonderland. The theater was packed but Rob was able to get us the seats with lots of leg room. You choose the exact seats you want when you buy your tickets. We were the oldest people by many many years. We have seen four movies with Rob and On, more than in the US in a year.

We went to a golf course to check it out. It was very old and established but only had nine holes. It was right in the middle of the city. Three of the holes were being used for a National Cricket Match this week. The course was in good condition with beautiful trees covering an entire green. We looked at the hole in one board and in 75 years, there were only about 75 holes in one. The golf course also had squash and tennis for its members.

Last night we went to a Japanese Restaurant and had to wait for half an hour even though Rob went earlier in the day to get our number in the queue. It was a buffet restaurant with all the dishes coming by on a conveyor belt. All the meats, fish, vegetables, eggs, noodles, sushi, mushrooms, corn, shrimp etc came by all the time and you just took the plates you wanted and put the raw ingredients in the big pot on the table and cooked it yourself. The pot had two parts so Willi and I had a regular soup and On and Rob had a hot, spicy soup base. They also had all the green tee or any other drink you wanted included. There were different kinds of rice, tempura shrimp, and other items. There was ice cream and fruit for dessert as well as a bean dish. It was quite an interesting dinner. You paid one price and could eat for one and quarter hours. The cost was less than $8 per person. What a deal.