I had the Mee Krob Ra Na.....100 baht is ~$2.9
Mee Krob Ra Na
Spring rolls
Kathy's pad thai
Thaan Aoan restaurant
Our hotel....Makkachiva...we are on the top floor on the far right
Views from our balcony
Lovely temple.....and there are mountains in the background but you can't see them due to the haze
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Saturday night market
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Hmong Village......first you walk through their enormous marrket
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Their traditional dress
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Near by is a village of long-necks......initially it was believed they had extra vertebrates
But really, just long brass neck braces
Views of their garden
Marijuana and Opium.....both illegal now
Opium
The black tar substance on the outside of the cut seed is what is collected!!
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Children in native dress
Nice lady at the coffee shop
The local taxis....red taxi
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
No problem.....just 375 steps
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Kathy almost there!!
The white elephant, carrying a bone shard from the original Buddha, located this temple!
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Can you see the valley through the haze!!
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Views from our tuk tuk tour
Ruins from the old city walls
The surrounding moat
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One of the gates
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Fruit market on our tuk tuk tour
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Flower market
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Gorgeous orchids!
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Our motorized tuk tuk
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Sunday night market......huge!!!!
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Wat Chedi Lang
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Hmmm......I didn't go in!!
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Kathy was born in the year of the monkey
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Elephant statues were impressive
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The wax figure of Chan Kusalo a famous monk
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Reclining Buddha
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One of my favorite statues!!
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Wat Pra Singh
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A group of monks chanting
The Phra Buddha Sihing (Lion Buddha)
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Wat Chang Mun
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Both the crystal Buddha and the marble Buddha were quite small and protected behind the bars
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Loved the paintings
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Sunset from our balcony
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That is the Chedi Lang ruin
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Our last morning view....you can barely see the mountains!!
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