The flight from Kochi to Bangkok went by in a doze, and when I got there I had to go through immigration in just a few minutes before I ran to my connecting flight. I had to do some "mining" for information hidden in my iPad, but I managed and made the flight with room to spare.
Reaching Chiang Mai I was amazed at how much the city had grown and modernized since I was here 20 years ago. My level of exhaustion was pretty high now, but after reaching my hotel at 10:30 am I went out into the hot and humid morning to go shopping for a cell phone.
This is a party city that wakes up late, so a lot of businesses were closed. However, with the help of young people, who here have an excellent level of English, I eventually reached a mall, which had a cell phone store.
I debated for a moment what type to buy, but knowing how many pictures and contacts I had already vested on Apple I ended getting an iPhone 13, which the young woman did her best to help me setup. But the stupid double authentication procedure expected for me to have my old phone (alive) to proceed with the update. She suggested I could do it with an iPad or an Apple computer, so I went ahead and bought it, threatening to come back if I couldn't figure it out on my own. She smiled benevolently and assured me she would be glad to help me. "Wait", I said as I took possession of the phone "Where is the button?" She then went to display an unusual level of patience showing me how different types of swipes caused the phone to do different things. This is going to be a steep frustrating learning curve.
I got to the hotel dropping from sickness exhaustion, but managed to get enough of the basics downloaded from the cloud to get me going.
Now Ronnie is the only person on earth without a cell phone (and may he prolong as long as possible his independence from this electronic nightmare we have created).
As soon as I was able to check into my room I crashed down and didn't wake up until midnight.
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