Cheever Fever: Chaing Mai. Bangkok. Koh Tao (Turtle Island).

For our last day in Chaing Mai we decided to ride bikes to a wat (Buddhist Temple) called Doi Suthep. The name means drawing closer to heaven, pretty cool since it is at the top of a mountain. Our bikes were of true wal-mart quality, but had sweet bells and baskets on them :) We ended up riding 32 miles, 7 of those miles were super steep like riding up South Mountain in Draper. Everyone was cheering us on, Thai's on thier motorcycles and tourists in the back of trucks. The top was pretty, but the best part was going down. We were laughing and smiling the entire time because getting up was so hard! It was really fun. We felt very accomplished. We got Thai massages, one hour for 4$ then hopped on an overnight train bound for Bangkok. We walked around Bangkok then got on another overnight train headed south towards Koh Tao (pronounced "Got Dow").
It is beautiful here. We have been doing scuba classes to get PADI certified. It doesn't seem like we are in Thailand anymore because there are SO many westerners here! Lots of young hipsters from Europe are here where it is rad to not wear shoes anywhere. I hope their Tetanus is current :) Today I asked a Thai lady if there was a market to get breakfast she said there isn't one on the island. So then I asked where Thai people living here eat breakfast, she smiled and said 7-Eleven. We left Thailand on the pier!
We stumbled upon a resturant this morning that had a buffet breakfast for 6$ a piece.We only had 30 minutes until scuba lessons started but I am sure we got our money's worth! It was awesome, and we will be back there again tomorrow. Life is good. Wish you were here!