HOT

Well we are in the middle of it now. I played golf on Monday, temp on the golf course was 40. Way too hot to play. Everything is dripping and you have trouble actually getting air in your nose. It is actually stifling hot. I know you all think that you have seen hot and humid in T dot (Lena taught me to say that) well you ain't. Cause I thought I had as well. This is very very hot. Brutal hot. Put something over your face and head cause it is prickly hot. I am a walker when I play golf back home. Probably take a cart two or three times a year. Only on the hottest days. I can only walk 9 holes here. I ride the second nine. Until this week. Now I ride the whole 18 and when I get off the course I stand in the shower for 10 minutes to try and get my strength back. Wow.

But last week needs to be talked about as well. It was Song Kran as you all know. Deeds had Wed, Thurs and Friday off, so she booked us a trip to Chaing Mai. This is a northern city, second largest in Thailand. About a one hour flight north of BKK. Easy to get to and as we found out very different from BKK. Now we only did a local hotel and the city. We didn't get into the hill tribes and the "long-neck tribes" tours as you can. Some go for the all out trip and stay with a family in a village in the hills. Family sleeps upstairs and the livestock sleep downstairs kinda deal. Deeds and I have that on our radar for sure, but we decided to do a typical Deeds and Jer tour this time around. Yes folks we are talking Five Star!!
We stayed at a Four Seasons Resort about 35 minutes outside of Chaing Mai. I have some pics to show you here and I will put some more up on Picasa later. Song Kran is water festival and the locals all through out Thailand go about splashing water on everyone at every turn. Some think it is fun, most think it is foolish and stay away from the hooligans that have taken over. Lots of drinking and making merry. Kinda for the 20 to 35 year old crowd. Not so much fun for us older folk, and thus a good hide away at a Four Seasons.

 The room was very respectable, as you can see at right.  Large enough so that you aren't bumping into each other when you don't want to. Yet still just a hotel room!!

And it had a walkway out to a room perched high above the grounds. An area referred to as a sala. As shown here.

We enjoyed ourselves at this resort very much. It was totally elegant and a great rest from the hustle and bustle of Bangkok.
We spent hours by the pool. It was so hot that you could barely go 20 minutes without splashing in and cooling off. And we did it is style. Pool pics below.

From the Four Seasons we went on a few tours, there are plenty of pics for that, elephants and stuff. But you know what, I do not have time right now , so I will leave you with these and promise to get back to you real soon with more stories of adventures and pictures to back that up.

Darn Bs won one in MTL today, that didn't make for a good day, but no one figured the Habs to sweep so I am starting to think the Habs in seven now, six would be nice but let's be realistic.

Off to bed soon, take care of your selves. We miss you all and love ya too.
Saw