Luang Prabang - Chiang Mai 1/27

I said goodbye to LP by taking the last walk through town and Project Space gallery, and having breakfast on the Mekong. I do want to come back, maybe for the opening of the botanical garden in three years if all goes well. Took a tuk tuk to the airport, then a one-hour flight to Chiang Mai. I had an interesting travel companion so I didn’t even notice when we were landing. The hotel is stunning, but as Al would say – it’s form over function. Some of the design choices don’t make any practical sense. After a long-awaited good shower (my shower in LP was very basic), I ventured into the Sunday market. It’s a CM must see. It starts around 5 pm and takes place in the old city. Streets are closed to traffic and it becomes one huge market. It has everything, but the best part is the food – hundreds of stalls with all kinds of foods cooked right there. I must have tried five different dishes, I don’t even know what some of them were, but they were all very tasty. The most expensive one was sticky rice with mango – 40 baht (one dollar 30 cents). As it got dark, the crowds grew bigger and bigger and it was hard to get through. That’s when I decided to get back to the hotel.