Apparently if you get lonely in Chiang Mai, just take a cooking class. 5 of the 7 students were Canadian...yes we always find each other. I got picked up in a tuk tuk bus with the clan of Canadians and head off to Siam Rice cooking school. It was amazing!!! We got to each pick 5 dishes to make- a soup, a noodle dish, a stir fry, make our own curry paste and make a curry from our own paste. I chose hot and creamy soup, a glass noodle dish, khao soi curry and fri...

Apparently if you get lonely in Chiang Mai, just take a cooking class. 5 of the 7 students were Canadian...yes we always find each other. I got picked up in a tuk tuk bus with the clan of Canadians and head off to Siam Rice cooking school. It was amazing!!! We got to each pick 5 dishes to make- a soup, a noodle dish, a stir fry, make our own curry paste and make a curry from our own paste. I chose hot and creamy soup, a glass noodle dish, khao soi curry and fri...

Hi Everyone! So, you'll see that there are two entries for today. That's partially because we got up nice early (8am) and went out until 2:00 and had a LOT of fun. It's also partially because Jocelyn has just left for a five hour Thai cooking class and I am left to my own devices. While I may feel particularly adventurous later and may wander to a nearby market solo, I'm pretty content to relax here at Tanita House for a little while and tell you all about th...

We awoke to our last day at the Karen Hill Tribe Lodge. After enjoying more pancakes we took another "little walk" to go find Masumai to say goodbye. She was high up in the hills enjoying a breakfast of anything she could find on a branch. She came down to say goodbye so we could feed her some sugar cane. Jana helped to perform a blessing ceremony to thank her. White string is tied loosely around each of her ears while she is blessed for good health and happines...

Another morning of roosters. Confused roosters. Really a rooster only has two jobs as i understand it. Contiribute to the continuation of the species and wake up when the sun rises. These roosters are seriously confused, not only does the sun not rise at 3 am but it does not continue to rise from 3-9 am. Roosters aside, the day went great! We woke up and had breakfast, the fluffiest pancake ever. And fried pineapple, now that they know about Jana's allergy to li...