chiang mai - the beginning

Bangkok without the 'bang'. Small city with a big city attitude. Friendly people. Cheap-cheap food. A little place called Pakinai where we will be residing for the month of March. A cooking course appears to be in the cards for me at this stage, as employment opportunities here seem slim, and I really need to start doing something with my time - all this inactivity is driving me crazy. In our pursuit of inactivity (however unintentional), I had a once in a lifetime experience. Seated outside our residence on a Friday night, fully engaged in a game of 'drinking crazy eights', and what else should walk up but an elephant. A common occurence during Friday-night-predrinks, is it not ? Feeding elephants? Incredible!