Ladies and Gents, Happy (belated) Valentines Day & Chinese New Year! I am writing to you from Northern Thailand in a town called Chiang Mai. The internet cafe I am sitting in is open air, the temperature is about 85 degrees with bright blue skies, and a fresh banana smoothie is dripping with condensation on the desk. My friends, Geoff & Jake, joined me for this trip and we are on our 3rd day of a 9-day trip to see Pai, Bangkok, and of course, Chiang Mai. We went downhill mountain biking yesterday and were talked into doing an advanced run by the owner, who is a burly 49-year old American guy. This translated into multiple crashes all day. All three of us went over the handle bars a few times, but they outfitted us with
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