The first night, we decided to indulge in a movie - Pierre's been dying to see the new James Bond movie in the theatre, especially since he didn't get to see the first one, Casino Royale, on the big screen (I know this because he's mentioned it every time James Bond has ever come up.)The theatre is huge, loud comfy and nearly empty. We have a few nervous moments where we're unsure whether the movie will be dubbed in Thai or in the original English with Thai subtitles - it turns out that it's the latter. Pierre loves every minute.
On Days 13 and 14, we just wander the city a bit during the day and take in the night markets when the sun goes down. Chiang Mai is famous for its "Sunday Walking Street" night market, but we also check out the newer, less well-established (and less overwhelming) "Saturday Walking Street". To accommodae these markets, a long city street is barricaded off at around 5PM and kept closed until around midnight. Street vendors set up their kiosks and mats, set out their stuff and the selling begins. People need a license to set up at a particular night market, so it's not total mayhem and you get to see slightly different stuff at each of the markets.
Every night, we indulge in "Rottee" (pronounced like "ro tee", or what we'd usually spell "roti") - a super decadent dessert. Dough is fried and folded over sliced banana and then drizzled in condensed milk:
On Sunday during the day, we attend the "Thai Farm Cooking School for the day. We picked this one because it was on a farm (= fresh air) and it included a trip to the market:
The course cost about 30CAN$ each and was worth every penny. Very well-organized, well-coordinated and had a good selection of recipes. We learned how to make a total of about 12 things between the two of us, including red and green curry paste from scratch, pad thai, soups and desserts before heading back to town around 5:00 ish.
During our time in Chiang Mai, we only visited one wat (we had overdosed a bit on the wats), a huge one that had partially collapsed centuries ago - no one was allowed in, but it was impressive from the sidelines:
Photo credits: P, P, P, P, P, P, P, D, D, P, P
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