Last Day in Mae Sai, Thailand 05-21-09 (2552)

It was a sunshiny morning here in Mae Sai, Thailand. Today we are getting ready to leave the northern most part of Thailand and fly to Bangkok tomorrow. We got up early and went to the morning market and had breakfast. We had a big breakfast of fired pork, soup, rice and pineapple.

On the way out of the market Daeng stopped and bought a bag of Lychee's. This time of year they are very inexpensive, less than ten cents US a pound.

As we were headed to the Internet shop to finish some of the work I needed to do we also passed the "Ladder Men". They go up and down the streets selling ladders. That way you don't have to worry about how you will get your ladder home. They bring them to you.

We are packing up our things today. We are storing everything we are not traveling with, including her motorbike at Daeng's Mothers. Things are pretty safe there except her Mother has been noted to give things away to needy people. 

Two years ago she gave away a pair of my rubber boots, a pair of pants and a shirt to someone from Burma that needed some clothes. We will have a little heart to heart talk before we leave this year. 

Tomorrow morning at 6:00 AM we drive about 60 km south to the Chiang Rai Airport, turn in our rental car at Avis and fly at 8:35 AM to Bangkok. 

We will stay in Bangkok until Monday as I need to visit the American Embassy and have more pages put in my passport.  

Then it is on to Pattaya Beach and see if we can get a tan before we return to California on June 3rd.