My New Years Vacation

I needed a break from life in small town Nan.. So for New Years I took a five hour bus to Chiang Mai and stayed for a week spending time with some of my Thai, American and Aussie friends. There I ate plenty of good food, watched movies, visted some temples, celebrated New Years, went to the Zoo, and checked out many of Chiang Mais night markets.

I'm going to keep this write up short because, well, I really don't know what to write about! Nothing bizarre or unusual happened, and I've already described the city in a previous post a couple months ago.

Instead, here are some pictures:

 

 This older woman and child dressed in tradition hill tribe clothes pose outside of the popular tourist attraction, Wat (temple) Doi Suthep all day and wait to get their picture taken by foreigners. After I approached them and took their picture they said "Photo give money!!". That's probably the only english they know - but all they really need to know!

 

Traditional music at Wat Doi Suthep 

 

An Emu at the Chiang Mai Zoo

 

 

 

Nam Tok

 

Me inside of a temple

 

 Gai Pat Met Matmooung. So, so good.

 

 A monk

 

Relaxing in the park

 

Music at the night market

 

New Years Celebration!

 

Overall, the trip was a ton of fun and a great New Years excursion to the big city. Now I'm back home and out of school until the 14th.. and after that I only have about four weeks of classes left until school gets out towards the end of February.