New Years in Chiangmai

I had a great time in Chiangmai for New Years. There was a huge group of "farang" (foreign) teachers meeting in Chiangmai, 15 or more. I have only seen a few of them sense Phuket. I felt like I was seeing old childhood friends even though I have know them for less than three months. I had a great New Years, but my battery in my camera died and I don't have many pictures that night. All I know is by the end of the night I had a too much Thai whiskey and had a great conversation with a French couple at a roof top bar.

So I played in my first softball game. I swore I would never play softball in the states. Eric, Kelly, Porsh and I were driving through Chianmai University and we came across a softball tournement. My friend Eric and I were so excited. This was the first time I've seen anything close to baseball. I asked one of the teams that was eating lunch if Eric and I could play catch and the next thing I knew they wanted us to play a game the next day. I was so happy to hold a bat and throw a ball. The team we played on was a team for a university from Lompburi. It is a city about 8 hours south of Chiangmai. The team was already good without the two farangs and we beat the other team 15-0. I did well. I hit a homerun. I had such a good time. This was one of the highlights of Thailand. I'm going to saying remember that time I played softball in Thailand...

The team asked us play the rest of the tournement, but Eric and I didn't think it was right sense there were guys sitting on the bench because we were playing. The rest of the trip was great, but I had such a good time playing softball. Just putting on a glove and playing catch was a thrill.


This is a picture of new years dinner. It was at one of the most beautiful resturants I've ever been to. Eric is sitting next to me, then Aaron (not sure, Eric and Kelly's friend from their town), Porsh and Kelly. The prawns were amazing. The prawns were more like lobsters intead of prawns. This dish and the green curry were the highlights of the meal. The last picture is me on at a mountain temple in Lampun.