Today we checked out of the Four Seasons to experience a little of downtown Chiang Mai. The FS is a good 40 mins outside town, and our trips in were so great we wanted to check it out a bit more. It’s definitely an expat town, and very easy and friendly. We toured some wats, I had a massage while Christian worked on the blog (and a couple Leo) and generally just hung around. We met a local expat, Vinnie, whose daughter got married the same weekend as us, and now that she’s all grown up, he can be free and live in Chiang Mai on $10 a day. We see a lot of people ’round these parts that seems to think like him. He was the least impressed of anyone we’ve told about our plans this year. Funny dude, Vinnie is. Then we had dinner – roasted chicken for me, pork for C – then rooftop drinks. We even saw fireworks!