Lively city where you can learn pretty much everything you want from thai cooking, massage to drawing, jewellery making... Thierry is now a qualified Thai chef after a 3-day class! The food in Chiang Mai is just 'sublime' and we did not eat once in a restaurant, only in the street which allows to savour all the local smells, the busy but relax life, the vibrant atmosphere of the numerous markets among which the sunday market which is simply huge and high in colours, music... We also enjoyed having a few glasses of organic white wine made from Lychee or Strawberry... after nearly 4 months, it was just delicious... There are numerous activities around Chiang Mai, so we went to say 'hello' to the elephants and highly enjoyed the show where you can see elephants playing football or painting surprisingly well... Visit of Doi Suthep, the most beautiful and animated buddhist temple we have seen so far. Umbrella making, a Hmong village... This is still a quite touristy place but very enjoyable for a few days... An uncommon experience: a blind massage (a thai massage done by blind people). We thought we would enjoy more than what we felt, very different from the other ones as they only apply presssure points but no movements at all... However, it is amazing what they can do despite their disabilities and happy to have been involved.
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| Mango sticky rice |
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| Doi Suthep |
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