Chiang Mai, one of my new favorite cities

Things in Chiang Mai are great.  Today is our last day here, then we are headed to Bangkok.  I've seen so many things while here, its been great having the girls here because they know their way around so well.  The first day, Anna took me on a small walking tour while Stacey was at work then we all met up for dinner.  Wednesday Stacey and I went up to Doi Suthep, which is a huge temple on top of a mountain right out of town.  It was pretty amazing.  you can see the whole city from up there and the temple is really beautiful.  Then we walked around Chiang Mai university and met Anna for Burmese food.  It was really good, but thats been the only thing so far that has made me sick.  It wasn't a big deal and I'm fine now.  Wednesday night we went to Saturday night market which is a huge.  There are booths set up up and down the street and there are tons of great things for sale.  The three of us got some goodies! 

Thursday was spent walking around again, we went to a restaurant that is a partner to the volunteer organization that Stacey and Anna were a part of.  We went to see a few local temples in town and then saw a really cool Terra Cotta garden.  We saw the Chiang Mai park as well.  We went to dinner close by, then went and had drinks at a restaurant close to our hotel.  We have a dog that lives at our hotel that loves us!  She followed us to the restaurant and stayed with us the whole time we were there (everywhere is open because of the weather).  Then she followed us all the way down the road until we got a taxi, then she ran home!  She's such a good dog, we are sad to leave her.  We went and had drinks on the river, then went to their favorite bar here called Zoe in Yellow.  They have tons of different parts, a reggae, hip hop, and just a beach bar. 

Today is going to be pretty layed back.  just sitting by the pool and packing up.  I have an early flight to Bangkok and probably wont be able to post for a while.  We are spending the day in Bangkok then headed down to Koh Tao for five days.

 Hope everything is going well at home!