Apartment

Since begin November Nok and I have started to live together after exactly a relationship of 2 years.

Our home is situated in the city center of Chiang Mai, inside the old city walls near Thapae gate. The neighborhood is not lively at night and is a living area with some Buddhism temples very close. We have some convenience stores on walking distance and also a big market very near. Every Sunday there is the weekend market just outside our door and on this market you will find a lot of food and handmade stuff.

We rent a storey of a traditional Thai house. It is part of a little court complex. The 1 floor is the apartment while the ground floor is used as a storage room for the owner.
The apartment we rent has two rooms. One is the living and sleeping room and the other one is the bathroom. Luckily we have a big open balcony. As Thailand is a hot country a lot happens outside. We do all the cooking (but mostly we go eat out as it is so cheap) and relaxing outside. And those two sofa's the former renters left behind come in very handy for relaxation.
Outside the house but landing on our balcony we have a starfruit tree and a mango tree. Starfruit is growing now but the mango's will come in a few months, mmmm.

This morning the Internet company came to install the line. So the world is at our feet now. The room also includes hot water, air conditioning, TV and fridge (which we put outside to win some space). On some evenings we get a lot of company of the cats living at the court complex.

We are still decorating a bit and buying some furniture. But everything is ready for living. Before moving in we went looking for different apartments and some were really nice, huge or included a swimming pool for the renters. But we chose this apartment because of it's cosy atmosphere, the lower price, the good location and the fact that it is next to Nok's family.


Seen from outside, don't watch all the electricity wires.




Our first meal at home. Hmmm good sofa.
The technicians installing the Internet. Under them the spirit house of the court complex.