Ezra is up! Today is Tomorrow! This is what happens when a little boy falls asleep for a 4:30PM nap. I was going to let Ezra prepare today’s journal entry, but once he had finished his online manifesto, he discovered the backspace key and viola – disappeared. I wonder when he will fall asleep. He has been close and already in bed a couple of times, but he is still hanging in there. Maybe he is on Alaska-SummerTime-Time now, or feeling the power of the super-Moon. Oh well, I am just glad he is healthy. Today we took the complany car with driver into Chiang Mai. Guess where? If you said Dentist or Temple, you are right! If you said Temple of the Tooth give yourself some bonus points. I had the driver drop us off at Song Dok Temple which is outside the West Gate. From the Song Dok temple, we walked directly East and all the way across the walled portion of the city to the East Gate near the dental office. We only had 90 minutes to make the crossing so we did not spend much time at any of the Temples along the way. I did not hear complaints from anyone on the limited time we spent at the Temples. “Dad, can we hang out with the Buddha’s some more?”, “Dad, can we go see some more big old Temples?”, “Dad, can we go see those guys dressed in orange sheets?” No, none of these comments were made. No one else really has Temple fever, but I guess I do have a stronger affiliation with Temple U. Anyway, we were able to stop and have some fruit smoothies and find some cool little outfits for Ezra and Viena. All of the vendors were preparing their booths for the Sunday Night Market … in the Day. The Night Market in the Day works out so much better for us. Fewer people and we were able to earn the “First buyer of the day”price. Ha Ha. Since my mouth was still numb from my dental adventures, I was unable to enjoy the fresh food options, except, you guess it – fruit smoothies and wonderful fresh machete hacked top off cocnut juice. We paid $1 for the coconut juice and $1 to have my flip-flos soles re-glued. the rains started falling harder and harder and harder and harder which left the vendors scurrying to put up tarps to protect their items. The vendors all looked like experts at tarp management. On the way home, Ezra fell asleep. He has been playing so well today with his markers and play dough. I was able to go on a bike ride with a group from the resort. We biked out to Buddha’s footprint. The footprint was still there on the rock and no other new footprints were seen. I keep trying ryingto find other travelers who are styaing at the resort to go off on bike rides or hikes into the jungle, but they all have ZERO energy since they are all on some sort of fasting program. Oh well, that leaves me with more enegry for Ezra, who just fell asleep – 1:30AM.
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