Finally Heading South

After almost 3 weeks in the northern part of southeast asia, we are catching a morning flight tomorrow to Bangkok.  Only one week to work on our tans!

Chiang Mai is a beautiful city and has been a great introduction to Thailand.  We have been taking it easy the last few days, as both Deirdre and I have been feeling a little iffy on a few occaisons.  Nothing dramatic, just too much curry maybe!

We went for a long walk yesterday around the old part of town.  A lot of interesting shops, markets, and a lot of great restaurants.  I hate to say it, but the canal around the old quarter sort of reminded me of Ottawa.

We found a wat near our hotel with an amazing meditation style park behind it.  I never considered myself one to get into that sort of thing, but without even noticing, I was feeling very calm and worry free.  The timing was perfect as I had just learned that the Sens had traded one of our heart and soul players (no, not Mike Underwood) but Chris Kelly. I leave town for a few weeks and all hell breaks loose!  haha

Today Deirdre and I took a thai cooking class.  Both of us went into it feeling like we were hot shots when it came to spicy dishes. We were mistaken. The teacher was getting a kick watching how many peppers we were putting into our dishes and I am sure she was laughing even harder watching us eat it! At one point I thought of cutting my tongue off, and Deirdre went through more water than most do in a day. 

Sorry if my writing is lacking tonight.  I have had a long day and am feeling quite tired.

Here are some photos from the last few days,

Take care,

CF