Chiang Mai, Pai and Mea Sot

Hi Guys,

It is a while that I wrote something on my blog. The massage course was great I learned many new techniques. Now I have to practise much more. After the massage course more relaxing. Somehow Chiang Mai is very nice it is a big city were more then a million people live. But I enjoyed riding my bike, the many wats, the occasional lecture with agama in the evening. Or singing bajans on a Friday. Just outside Chiang Mai there is this wonderful Wat called Don Suthep, situated on a hill overlooking Chiang Mai surrounded by forest and many times covered in clouds. Who does not want live in or on the clouds?  It has also a vipassana program. I did not do any vipassana but who knows in the further it might be a wonderful opportunity.

Cycling in the old city of Chiang Mai is easy and wonderful, the vegetarian food yummy. The place were i stayed was easy going free drinking water, free hot water for coffee or tea. I could use the fridge and the toaster to make my own breakfast and on the roof there is a place to hang out with a tv and and a dvd player for my favorite movies. Hanging out in this place was a pleasure. I stayed much longer then I thought when I came here. It happens with many people on my floor there is Valeri who stays here already for 3 years and there is Carl who came two years back and never really left. It takes an effort to leave the first floor of the Supreme House. They come for 2 weeks and stay months.  When possible I do yoga and Vipassana in the morning. 

In between Chiang Mai I went for a couple of days to Pai. Wauw Pai is a very nice place full of green fields 4 hours from Chiang Mai. This is a place were you can listen how the grass is growing, watching butterfly's listen to life music or just being.  I stayed only for 3 nights and then back to Chiang Mai. One evening we went with the people from Agama to wat Chomproem an hour away to say happy birthday to the abt and he gave us a very strong meditation.  After a couple of days I finally left Chiang Mai for Mea Sot  6 hours south of Chiang Mai on the Burmese Border home to many refugees from Burma. The routh to Mea Sot is amazing trough the green mountains and the forest jungle  of Thailand.

Mea Sot is a nice place to cycle over the country side it is green and has many schools for Burmese refugees. That is the other story Burma.............            

On Saturday
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Happy travels,
Ohm shanti, shanti, shanti
Meinoud
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Thank you for your help!