{"id":511,"date":"2025-02-19T15:07:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T14:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/?p=511"},"modified":"2025-02-19T15:07:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T14:07:30","slug":"day-31-boozehound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/day-31-boozehound\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 31: Boozehound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><s>Despite <\/s>Because of my second-place win at the pub quiz last night I\u2019ve been feeling a little under the weather today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And looking at today\u2019s post number, it\u2019s rather obvious why: I haven\u2019t had a day since I started all this when I haven\u2019t had at least one beer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m not turning into a raging alcoholic but I rather forgot that I\u2019m on a six-week journey not a week in the Canaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I\u2019ve had a day off today, and will do tomorrow and probably Friday (which is a travel day anyway) and give my processing organs a rest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I eventually dragged myself out to get some food around the corner and then remembered about the \u201ccanalside night market\u201d about twenty minutes walk away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twenty minutes <em>sweaty<\/em> walk; it\u2019s really humid today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wasn\u2019t really all that special, a rather grotty canal with various stalls and cafe bars alongside it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But also some more aloof cats (I know, all cats are aloof but Chiang Mai cats are the aloofest). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3591-575x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3591-575x1024.jpg 575w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3591-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3591-768x1367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3591-863x1536.jpg 863w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3591.jpg 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Illuminated fish floating above the canal. I doubt there are any <em>in<\/em> the canal. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3596-1024x599.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3596-1024x599.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3596-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3596-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3596-1536x899.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.thatmanmatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_3596.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">And some wall (part of what\u2019s left of the original city wall). 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