Pat'S Klangviang Chiang Mai

... afternoon we took a shared taxi out to Wat Suthep temple which overlooks the whole city from it’s nearby mountain perch. Wonderful scenery, even more Buddha statues and a giant gold plated chedi (look it up!).

Another tasty Thai dinner and back to our room to update the blog in peace and quiet - only there’s a band playing immediately outside as I type!!!. Tomorrow we have another early start to catch a bus to our next stop, Chiang Rai.

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... lot. The hawker stalls I liked although I am still feasting with my eyes, waiting for that elusive first tooth to appear.

I have become even more chilled thanks to my visits to the temple and my philosophical debates with the monks. We do have some cracking photos but they were taken on another camera and still waiting ...

So, I arrived in Chiang Mai yesterday morning on the overnight bus from Bangkok. The ride took about 12 hours. The bus had A/C, but during the night it was cranked up so high it was actually cold (I'm not complaining). I managed to get a few hours of sleep, trying every possible position to get comfortable. I then shared a tuk-tuk with a group of people on the bus and arrived at Julie's Guesthouse. I had read reviews about the place while I was in ...

... price as ours, grrrr) with a private swimmin pool so payed 100 Baht to pose as guests there for the afternoon. It was amazing just to relax and we were soon joined by osme dutch travellers with good English also posing as guests. We spent most pf the afternoon chilling there and then, after making friends, went to watch Harry Potter with a guy called Reik in the Chiang Mai airport plaza! WE had a KFC which was heaven ...

... think about a subject from the perspective of who is going to be learning it. I have never been a teacher and so these are new skills for me. I don't think that my creative brain has been turned on since I was in 3rd grade art class. Writing stories while combining legal theory has reminded me why I went to law school and that is a good thing since finals can be so discouraging. ESL teaching is challenging because most of the time I don't feel ...

... and buses, I more or less spend the whole time catching up on sleep! I did venture out to explore the town a little and pick up some pad thai noodles from some steeet vendor, before venturing into the night market. There was a good mic of tourists and locals but I didn't want to buy anything on my first day and then spend the rest of the trip carrying it, so I just walked to the end of the market and back. I then headed back to the guesthouse for bed but managed to get ...

... the end of our walk we had to cross a small creek running through a rice field. The poor hungover Dutch guy slipped into the water - not his day at all! The people are White Karens who live in stilted homes. They are farmers and have created terraces (like Peru) to grow rice. The young, unmarried girls wear white, only married women can wear other colours. When we arrived 4 men were playing foot volleyball, women working at looms, a women was rocking a baby in a ...

... the weekend, I got the chance to check out the Night Bazaar, where I had the most wonderful and authentic Thai massage in the busy Anusarn Market for 120bath! I also got to experience the Chiang Mai Sunday Walking Market, where I got to buy some inexpensive trinkets and souvenirs. I would love to visit Chiang Mai again. There's so much to do in this calm, yet lively city.

When we arrived in Chiang Mai we realised how polite they treat to us Thai people and of course how cheap are everything. We went to Guesthouse leave the luggages and we went to the center of the town. Its absolutely different than the capital but still too much people in the streets and a lot of traffic. The river is really dirty and we ...