The Toss of a Coin

Before leaving Ao Nang we had to decide the next location. We narrowed our choices down to 2 places Chiang Mai (in the North) or Ko Samui (an island in the South, off the East coastline). The best way we could think of to choose was to toss a coin, and Chiang Mai was the outcome.

The journey to Chiang Mai was a little much though. It was going to be 2 night buses. We got the first one through Nui at the place we were staying. It was a 10 hour journey, which wasn't really that bad because we were asleep for the majority of it. Then we had to spend a whole day in Bangkok waiting for the next night bus to Chiang Mai.

I'd heard the cinemas in Thailand were very good and i wanted to see one. Luckily, the new James Bond film with Daniel Craig had just come out so it seemed like the opportune moment to see it. The tickets only cost 200 Baht so i was expecting the same kind of seating as in our cinema's but it was something else!! We had reserved seating which i chose but wasn't really paying much attention to, just somewhere near the middle. I didn't really check the seating arrangement. When we got inside there was an usher waiting to show us to our seats and carry our snacks for us. The cinema room was a semi-circle of about 10, 2 seater settee's. You got your own table to put your drinks and things on and a pillow and blanket each. It was ace!! When i thought it couldn't get any better the usher handed me a remote control. I was like "what is this for?", the usher pressed one of the buttons and my side of the settee started to recline. I could believe it, i'd gotten all this for less than 3 pounds.