Day 1 in Chiang Mai begins. After a delicious breakfast and some exchanging of travelling tales with some lovely folk we set out to explore.
Wat Phan On Temple.
A little different from Cambodia, abit more 'showy'.
But beautiful.
Next one who's name escapes me.
The detail is amazing.
Yesterday we were grateful when we arrived as Chiang Mai seemed cooler than Cambodia. When the sun came out this morning we were melting again. Fresh fruit smoothie stop.
And Lucy the pug!
More temple splendour.
We quite liked this unpretentious temple.
And the flags inside were beautiful.
Street art.
Blue Diamond cafe. Found this on someone elses blog. It didn't disappoint, delicious, fresh, organic, homemade yummyness!
It started 18 years ago and was a couple of tables in the ladies house! Now her 18 year old daughter works there. Such a cool place.
After a break for journal writing and cooling down we head to the night bazaar for food and stuff!
We love these food centres. One big seating area in the middle, loads of different food stalls and one beer stall. Everyone gets to choose what they want, it's all cheap, hot and yummy.
The bazaar is huge and sells everything. Freddy's in heaven. El wants to go home!
The all in one tuk tuk. Not the bike a trailer we were used to in Cambodia. Elliot gets to ride up front and this thing doesn't half shift!
Hang on tight El!
The driver's a Chelsea fan!
The latest photos are great. Thanks Jo. Ur digs look good, the air looks clear and U look rested. The temples r attractive colourful and artistic. Do people worship daily or r they part of the tourist trade? U r such seasoned travellers now U must b quite discerning and educated. U could get the blog published, U know?!? All love,xxxx
ReplyDeleteHey Sheila, feel like we've seen so many temples but still don't know that much about them. Need to read some books. Would say they are used for worshipping, have seen monks in them. They seem to rely on donations too. They are quite calming places,love the burning incense, the peace, the coolness, the time and care taken to keep them so beautiful. Think Mark and I would hang around them much longer if it was just us. It definitely feels like it's getting easier. If we'd come to Chiang Mai straight from Oz it would have been a shock, I guess cos we've done abit of Asia now we know what to expect. We were watching the boys yesterday as the marched off along the streets ahead of us, they're pretty chilled, not too much phases them. Hope all is good in Cumbrae. It's June already!! Love you xxxx
ReplyDeleteYour photos do show that you are all relaxed with Asia! Such an amazing adventure for you all. Will you get a chance to see the countryside outside of Chiang Mae? Xx
ReplyDeleteHey Flo, thanks for comments. planning to head to countryside to see elephants and some of the hill tribes too. Miss you xx
DeleteI have to say, we were going to "skip" SE Asia....but these photos make me think again. I think maybe we can't. So much world, so little time!! We are glad to see you are still enjoying yourselves so much!
ReplyDeleteHi Dawn, great to hear from you. We've been thinking about you guys,wondering how the planning is going. We have loved Asia. Malaysia was fantastic, and Vietnam and Cambodia were crazy, but good crazy. Look forward to hearing more about you plans. Xx
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