This morning we head for new digs in the Old Town. But first we said goodbye to this lovely bunch! A super family who we'd had breakfast chats with every morning.
A moat and old wall surrounds the town.
Yummy fruit smoothies at the Hideout.
Out on a Red Truck up into the mountains to Wat Phra Dat Doi Suthep temple. A Hindu/ Buddhist temple on the Doing Suthep mountain. The drive up was nauseating. Red trucks are great, but facing inwards round sharp bends and steep inclines at speed made us wanna throw up!
Only 309 steps to the top.
It's impressive, pagodas, bells and shrines a plenty. Everything gold and gleaming.
The boys get a blessing and a bracelet from a Buddhist Monk.
Writing our names on the scroll.
Stupa Pagoda (Golden Chedi). It's spire reaches 79ft and it's where worshippers and monks go to meditate.
So golden, you need shades!
The view over Chiang Mai was amazing too.
Flower garden, mostly plastic but pretty!
And back down.
Hilltribe girls at bottom of steps pose for photos with you for coins.
We'd been promising the boys this for afew days. Read about it on someone else's blog. 'By Hand Pizzas' they were yum.
Once again we r enjoying seeing what U saw! Thank U. I would have bn nauseous in red truck. Dizzy with height. Breathless with steps and faint with the heat!! So is the old town closed up at night? Hope new b/b as good as last one. Missing U XXXX XXXX
ReplyDeleteOnce again we r enjoying seeing what U saw! Thank U. I would have bn nauseous in red truck. Dizzy with height. Breathless with steps and faint with the heat!! So is the old town closed up at night? Hope new b/b as good as last one. Missing U XXXX XXXX
ReplyDeleteOld town s bustling at night with food stalls. There's a night bazaar every night which I think is just outside the old town. The main streets are busy most of the time with red trucks, motorbikes and Tuk tuks but there's a Warren of alley ways which fab to explore, full of cafes and shops and curious places. Miss you lots too. Hope all is good and summer is happening in Cumbrae! Xxxx
ReplyDeleteYes we r all well but the summer ain't happening!! wet windy and 57 degrees!!! xxxx
ReplyDeleteOMG! Amazing you lucky things xx
ReplyDeleteYes we r all well but the summer ain't happening!! wet windy and 57 degrees!!! xxxx
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