Chiang Mai

Greetings from Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand. What a nice break from Bangkok! Even though it is the 2nd biggest city of Thailand, it is much more laid back and quiet and people are nicer (we don't get harrassed every 2 minutes by tuk tuk driver "Where you from?... Wanna see big buddha?").

Last night we took a thai cooking class at Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School, which was really nice. We were 5 people in the class and got to cook 5 different dishes each: pad thai, curry chicken, sweet and sour soup, spring rolls and stir fried chicken. It was not as hard as we thought and believe it or not, our food was pretty good. For those of you who always dreamt to see Nick wearing a purple apron and doing grocery shopping with a little wicker basket, I am going to post some pictures soon!

Today we went to Doi Inthanon, Thailand's highest mountain (2565 meters above sea level). It is located in Doi Inthanon National Park, about 1 hour away from Chiang Mai. Very nice waterfall, and we really appreciated getting some cooler mountain air.

Tomorrow we are heading by bus to Chiang Rai, a little more up north, not far from the borders with Laos and Myanmar.