Northern Thailand

Temple in Chiang Mai

Temple in Chiang Mai

Temple in Chiang Mai

Ruins in Chiang Mai

Ruins in Chiang Mai

Lit up water fountain in the historical park in Ayutthaya

Ayutthaya Historical Park

Elephant at the Ayutthaya Historical Park

Day-long tour started at a hot springs.  Here, they made hard-boiled eggs in the boiling spring water.

The White Temple at Chiang Rai

The White Temple at Chiang Rai

The White Temple at Chiang Rai

The White Temple at Chiang Rai

The White Temple at Chiang Rai

The Black Temple at Chiang Rai

The Black Temple at Chiang Rai

The Black Temple at Chiang Rai

A couple of massive snakes at the Black Temple at Chiang Rai

The Black Temple at Chiang Rai

At the northern tip of Thailand...

On the other side of the northern edge of Thailand?  Myanmar.

The Golden Triangle.

At the market before our cooking class in Chiang Mai

Rice is rice, right?  Not in Asia.

I made this.  Pad thai.

Ingredients for tom kah gai

Loy Krathong parade in Chiang Mai

Loy Krathong parade

Loy Krathong parade

The elephant that I rode with her baby.

Eats at the Loy Krathong festival 

Setting off lanterns into the night sky

Floating baskets in the river, celebrating Loy Krathong

For a small price, you can buy these fish and release them into the river as an act of giving back to nature.

Emily and I letting off our lantern.

Cruising up the mountain outside of Chiang Mai to visit Doi Suthep

At the base of Doi Suthep

The story of Doi Suthep is that the king put a relic of Buddha on the back of a white elephant, and where the elephant stopped (died), they built the temple Doi Suthep.

Doi Suthep

Buddhist art at Doi Suthep

At a cabaret show in Chiang Mai.  Isn't he pretty?

Cabaret show

Cabaret show performer

Lantern floating up into the lantern-dotted sky on our last night in Chiang Mai

Sparklers

Flying home

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