Thursday, February 11, 2010

Coffee Day Patio, LeCroix Street 5 p.m.

It's nice to have a spot to view the world from
Sitting here with a cup of tea gives you some license to look
Throw in the laptop and you can seem downright legitimate
Of course, the old guy sitting on the sidewalk holding a cup in his upraised hands, asking for change from all comers, has the right idea
I don't ever want to move from this spot
Beyond this secure little patio is confusion and chaos, dealing with demanding bar girls and argumentative tuk tuk drivers, shopowners who snarl at you, witresses who don't understand your order
But to sit at the Coffee Day cafe on Le Croix street and look out at the world as evening descends on Chiang Mai and the afternnon heat becomes the evening cool
This is why we travel

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