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1、泰国清迈远离奢华曼谷Escape the chaos of Bangkok in Chiang Mai,Thailand泰国清迈,逃离曼谷喧嚣Bright flashing lights of Bangkok city.曼谷城闪耀的灯光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.我曾游览曼谷,却不因它而迷醉。喧嚣充斥着这里的夜生活,充斥着拥挤的街道。游客挤满了这里的寺庙,挤满了整座城市。满眼是摩天大厦、商场和钢筋混凝土的建筑,挤得城市似乎要突然爆炸。虽然这是我首次游览曼谷,停留的时间也很短暂,这足以给我一种要逃离的冲动。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.我想跳上一辆汽车或卡车南行到沙滩,但我知道那只会把我带到另一个拥挤的地方。在芭堤雅寻找安静就像要在疯狂的大学派对中找到一个清醒的人一样困难。Bangkok has a reputation for a wild nightlife.曼谷
4、因狂野的夜生活而闻名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迈的古城。因为我听说那里的乡村有瀑布和大象。并且这也是唯一一点点机会,去寻找泰国的
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.我搭上了离开曼谷的夜间火车,在折叠床上平躺下来。床多少还是有些舒适的。第二天早晨,当我睁眼看见窗外的乡村景
6、观时,我知道我找到了泰国的另一面。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.相比曼谷这个九百万人口的城市,人口二十万的清迈更容易应付,那里有树木茂盛的公园,引人入胜的艺术画廊和穿着校服四处乱跑的小孩儿。Chiang Mai
7、is a world away from the lights of Bangkok. 在清迈看不到曼谷的镁光灯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