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Arriving back in Houy Xai after the Gibbon Experience managed to steal a shower in Sandra's hotel room and then off over to Chiang Kong, Thailand. A cute 2 minute ferry ride across the Mekong and I'm officially in Thailand. After some yummy Thai spring rolls its back onto a bus and then a 5 hour bus ride all the way to Chiang Mai arriving there at 11.30pm. The minibus of course stopped right outside a hotel (the driver's friends no doubt) and although I had the intention of staying in the Spicy Thai hostel it was so late at night and I was tired that I checked into the driver's friends hotel for the night, at my expense as there must have been bedbugs as two days later and all the bites had come up and were very itchy!!
My bus to Bangkok wasn't leaving til 6pm the next day so I enjoyed a day cycling around Chiang Mai visiting the famous Wat Chedi Luang and shopping!! I cycled all around and explored areas I hadn't first time around, sheltering from the rain I found a Cheesecake factory café and whiled away an hour choosing which cake to have and abusing their free wifi. After lots of free window shopping and purchasing a stuffed elephant for my Christmas tree it was time to pick up my express laundered washing and board the bus to spend the next 11 hours feeling restless on the bus and attempting to sleep.
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