Friday, December 02, 2005

Exploring Chiang Mai, Thailand

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The next few days we crammed in a lot, walking around town visiting more temples and hiring a driver to take us around the beautiful countryside of Chiang Mai. We visited Orchid and Butterfly farms, the Princess' Palace (a beautiful summer home), and The Queen's Botanical Gardens with amazing plants.

Also, and perhaps, more importantly, we were successful in getting to the night bazaar without getting distracted by other shops, and were able to concentrate on more shopping! Pat and Jules certainly can shop, and shopping with them was great for me, but perhaps not so much fun for Martin as he would be waiting around patiently for us. The night bazaar also had great food and we ate there a couple of times. One evening, we enjoyed some performances by fire eaters, and then some singing and dancing by cute little kids dressed like little Thai princesses, followed by a couple of routines by some lady-boys! Hilariously interesting! *Mush

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