Nic Trips

We arrived to the airport in Bangkok on our first day around 8:15pm, and immediately took a connecting flight to Chiang Mai airport. From there we took a taxi to our hostel inside the city, called Tipsy Manor. After checking in and dropping our stuff in our room, we decided to take a little walk around the city close to our hostel. Although we were tired from all the traveling, we were eager to see the city of Chiang Mai. It was after midnight at this point, so nothing was open, but eventually we came across a small street bar, just a block away from our hostel. It was run by a small, Thai man named Bom. He was very funny and friendly, and we ended up returning to visit and have a few beers with him every night we were there. On our last night, he gave us a gift of a small Buddha pendant and we immediately learned that we were not allowed to put it in our pants pocket because Buddha is not supposed to be held or carried below our waist. The following morning, after a good ...