where are you from?

Of course so far the most commonly asked question next to "how long have you been here?"...I have the blessing of being from mixed heritage so people like to guess where I'm from...most thais think maybe I am part thai but no...one hindi shop keeper thought I was part indian...that was a complement...but the strangest of all was the owner of the book shop that thought I was a fellow brit and I hadn't even opened my mouth...then we spoke and I let him know I was a yank but I did my jaqui from manchester imitation about how "gorgeous" the food was here and he complemented me on my proper accent
I made a new friend last night...Marcel from germany...we went to lil bar where he was trying to connect with a local to get guitar lessons...he is getting 4 one hour sessions for 1200/b that's less than 10bucks a lesson..quite proper I'd say...he keeps trying to talk me into going to Pai which is north of Chaing Mai...it's a real hippie town with organic farms and camp fire drum circles, etc...had to say "been there, done that, bought the t-shirt and wore it out"...just can't be bothered (can you tell I've been hanging with a brit?)...anyway sticking to my agenda of white sand beaches after the northern city excursion...looking forward to snorkeling and blissing out and getting my brown skin on
I got some amazing silver hill tribe jewelry yesterday...big earrings like I love and I will probably invest in more to bring back... so ladies and gents get ready for a mini thai market when I return...also realized that my visa is only for 30days so I will have to leave the country so I don't get fined on the way out...but that's kool cause I wanted to go to Cambodia anyway to see Ankor Wat...but so far I am here in Chaing Mai till the 27th which means two more sunday markets...so if anyone wants anyting special holla...I can recieve texts but can't return them...and I got a phone card so I am checking my vm every few days if anyone wants to leave me a message with your sweet voice