Day 9 2nd August 2013 Up at 05:45 this morning for a quick shower and then down stairs to meet the others for 6:30 for our first activity of the day, giving alms to the Monks or feeding the monks as I keep saying and getting told off for. There are only 3 others and Bond in reception and we all head off down to the local market. We get to the market and each buy a bag from one of the stall holders. Each bag contains a flower, some rice, curry I think, a drink...

Day 8 1st August 2013 We get up this morning and have breakfast before heading to Chiang Mai. On our way we will stop to see the white temple in Chiang Rai. Wat Rong Khun, more well-known among foreigners as the White Temple, is a contemporary unconventional Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand. It was designed by Chalermchai Kositpipat in 1997. This temple is breath taking and to be honest the most spectacular temple I have seen so far. The reason the...