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1、泰國清邁遠離奢華曼谷Escape?the?chaos?of?Bangkok?in?Chiang?Mai,Thailand泰國清邁,逃離曼谷喧囂Bright?flashing?lights?of?Bangkok?city.曼谷城閃耀的燈光I?WAS?in?Bangkok?and?less?than?enamoured.?The?night-life?is?chaotic,?as?are?the?crowdedstreets,?the?tourist-laden?temples?and?the?city?itself,?so?overflowing?with?skysc
2、rapers?and?mallsand?concrete?that?it?seems?about?to?burst.?It?was?an?impression?based?on?a?short,?first-timevisit,?to?be?sure,?but?I?felt?the?need?to?escape.我曾游覽曼谷,卻不因它而迷醉。喧囂充斥著這里的夜生活,充斥著擁擠的街道。游客擠滿了這里的寺廟,擠滿了整座城市。滿眼是摩天大廈、商場和鋼筋混凝土的建筑,擠得城市似乎要突然爆炸。雖然這是我首次游覽曼谷,停留的時間也很短暫,這足以給我一種要逃離的沖動。I?cont
3、emplated?hopping?a?shuttle?van?south?to?the?beaches,?but?they?can?be?just?asovercrowded.?Looking?for?peace?in?Pattaya?is?like?looking?for?a?sober?person?at?a?uni?party.我想跳上一輛汽車或卡車南行到沙灘,但我知道那只會把我?guī)У搅硪粋€擁擠的地方。在芭堤雅尋找安靜就像要在瘋狂的大學派對中找到一個清醒的人一樣困難。Bangkok?has?a?reputation?for?a?wild?nightlife.曼谷
4、因狂野的夜生活而聞名So?I?veered?north?instead?toward?an?ancient?city?called?Chiang?Mai,?because?I’d?heard?therewould?be?waterfalls?and?elephants?in?the?nearby?countryside,?and?a?chance?to?get?at?least?a?littlecloser?to?another?side?of?Thailand.所以我北行到了一座叫清邁的古城。因為我聽說那里的鄉(xiāng)村有瀑布和大象。并且這也是唯一一點點機會,去尋找泰國的
5、另一面。From?Bangkok?I?jumped?onto?an?overnight?train?and?stretched?out?on?the?vaguely?comfortablebunk?beds?that?folded?down?from?the?walls.?When?I?woke?up?the?next?morning?and?saw?onlycountryside?through?the?windows,?I?knew?I?was?close.我搭上了離開曼谷的夜間火車,在折疊床上平躺下來。床多少還是有些舒適的。第二天早晨,當我睜眼看見窗外的鄉(xiāng)村景
6、觀時,我知道我找到了泰國的另一面。Chiang?Mai?is?a?manageable?city?of?about?200,000,?a?relief?compared?to?Bangkok’s?nine?million.There?are?leafy?parks,?inviting?art?galleries?and?little?children?wandering?around?in?schooluniforms.相比曼谷這個九百萬人口的城市,人口二十萬的清邁更容易應付,那里有樹木茂盛的公園,引人入勝的藝術畫廊和穿著校服四處亂跑的小孩兒。Chiang?Mai?
7、is?a?world?away?from?the?lights?of?Bangkok.?在清邁看不到曼谷的鎂光燈This?is?hardly?a?place,?though,?where?time?has?stopped.Motorbikes?zoom?around?stuffed?with?three?people?apiece,?some?texting,?some?clutchingkittens,?some?reading?books.?The?place?is?dotted?with?7-Elevens,?the?footpaths?crammed?b