{"id":491,"date":"2025-02-17T15:50:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/?p=491"},"modified":"2025-02-17T15:50:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:50:51","slug":"day-29-dust-busted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/day-29-dust-busted\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 29: Dust: Busted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not the most exciting day, if I\u2019m honest but some nice downtime in Chiang Mai. I like this city, it\u2019s my third time here and markedly busier than my last visit in November 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started the day with a trip to a park very close to my hotel. At the start of February it was the Chiang Mai Flower Festival, and there\u2019s still a lot of nice plants in the park, some a little past their best, but also a lot of orchids being show-off orchidy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least in comparison to flower displays in Vietnam, these ones are actually planted in the soil, and still attractive to look at. It was nice to spend about an hour wandering around, politely pausing to let Korean tourists take photos of each other against the walls of orchids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aloe flower, if Apple\u2019s lookup is to be believed. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A fancy swan. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A fancy bear. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Moth orchids. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Moth orchids. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vanda orchids. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I walked further towards the \u201chipster area\u201d of Nimmanhemin Road but seems I turned off too early and didn\u2019t reach the point where I found the reason people go here (fancy coffee bars and artisan shops) so maybe I\u2019ll head back another time. Very typically of Thailand the pavements are mostly an afterthought and I was wearing my sandals which are not great for walking any great distance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell wear better shoes then, you dumbass,\u201d you might say. Indeed I would<\/em> but my trainers were at the laundry place that I know does good work. They (and clothes) were delivered back to my hotel this evening, minus all the dust they picked up in Laos. Extremely impressed that for 200THB (\u20ac5.50) they went from this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dust-encrusted AirMax 95s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Near-pristine. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Almost like new. Very impressed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also: cats. Lazy cats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Annoyed that I disturbed him. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Shy. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Too big for the basket. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Probably another lazy day tomorrow, then when the motorbike hire place I want to go to opens on Wednesday, I\u2019ll hire a scooter and head up to the mountains with a specific purchase in mind. Ooh, mysterious. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Not the most exciting day, if I\u2019m honest but some nice downtime in Chiang Mai. I like this city, it\u2019s my third time here and markedly busier than my last visit in November 2023. I started the day with a trip to a park very close to my hotel. At the start of February it […]<\/p>\n

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