As the talcum powder slime and water­borne diseases of Songkran faded away for another year, May descended on Chiang Mai with a certain gentleness, and even grace.

“Life is a classroom and Boredom ‘s the usher, there all the time to spy on you; whatever happens, you’ve got to look as if you were awfully busy all the time doing something that’s terribly exciting or he’ll come along and nibble your brain.” Louis Ferdinand Celine