It's only been about a year and a half since we were in Chiang Mai, but it's clear how many southeast Asian temples we have now visited as we spoke this question to each other far too often while walking around the Old Town for a couple of days. We usually imagine the "Old Town" of a city as small and compact, but were reminded that Chiang Mai's Old Town is quite large and simply chock full of fantastic sights that can be hard to keep track of. Not that you can...

We are now in Thailand! Armed with our 60 day visa scored in Hanoi, we have made it to the southeast Asian destination that has been on our radar forever. Our very first night in Chiang Mai we stumbled upon a local market near our place and had our very first pad thai, for the equivalent of $1.50 CAD, and spiced and sweetened to perfection. It was the pad thai that is now setting the standard for all future pad thais in Thailand. And so it begins. We had a nice ...