There was so much to say about our 12 days in Chiang Mai so I thought I would list a few of Steve and I's highlights on top of the kids elephant and cooking summaries we already posted. We all enjoyed a great bicycle tour in the Lanna countryside learning about rice farming, watching teak wood carvers and visiting a workshop were they build intricate and colourful burnable temples to put on top of caskets before cremation. Bicycle tours are the way to go - perfe...

(Français à la fin). Another Chiang Mai highlight following the elephants was our Thai cooking course, which Amélie was super excited about. We joined 3 others tourists for a cooking extravaganza which included a stop at the market to learn about and buy ingredients. Amélie describes the dishes in her project (text pasted in below and see blog for pictures). We are also documented on facebook yet again at Tom Yum Cooking. Tom Yum Cooking Course: Today, we w...

(Français à la fin). We have left Chiang Mai for Sukhothai after 12 days great days. Chiang Mai is a bustling city. Last post I said there were 140,000 people but in fact greater Chiang Mai is over 600,000. We tried to keep the activities to a minimum but it was challenging. Our first highlight was the full day expedition to the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary. Despite the remoteness of the village they thoroughly documented our group (only 7 people with 3 elephants...

Finally starting to relax...the last few days were a little challenging since Léa had a high fever and no appetite, she slept on and off for a few days, and is better today. Adapting to the time change has been challenging for her so she was pretty run down. We were on hold with what to do after arriving on the night train and had to make some decisions about how long and where to stay in Chiang mai, but now all is well and we will be here for the next 9 nights ...