I’ve heard amazing things about Chiang Mai. Some people say it’s their favorite city in Thailand. There’s culture, delicious food, and tons of activities. I got to enjoy all of that, but more importantly, I was there because of their reliable internet.

You see, my fantasy baseball draft was happening the next day, and I couldn’t afford to be in a place where the internet was spotty. Also, I wanted to be in a place I could draft for a few hours without interruptions. I ended up booking a place at the Le Meridian, which was by far one of the nicest hotels I’ve stayed at in my life. Once I got checked in, the first thing I did was to make sure that a.) I had internet and b.) I could load the ESPN draft page. Baseball fantasy drafts are extremely important. Entire trips, events, marriages, babies being born, etc. must be scheduled around this time.

I forgot to mention that I was in Myanmar earlier in this day. I sent out some postcards that morning and some of them didn’t even get to their destination until a couple weeks after this trip ended. Meaning the postcards took over a month to arrive. At least they got there though. I’m sure they had a rough, long journey.