Chiang Mai, Thailand
Friday night I went to the Chiang Mai Jazz Festival, primarily to see one of my guitar heroes, Martin Taylor. Strangely, it was held at the Promenada Resort Mall, a huge ultramodern shopping mall about 14 kilometers outside the old city. Fortunately, shuttle buses from the major hotels run hourly, otherwise it would have been a really long walk for me.
When I entered the concert site, I was amazed to see mats laid out directly in front of the stage. On the mats ...