Adventures Around the World: Chiang Mai

We went to the city of Chiang Mai for the weekend. Chiang Mai is considered Thailand's cultural center, and is known for its many beautiful Bhuddist temples. It also has a handful of museums that cover everything from the regions history to its textile industry. Unfortunatley, by this point in our trip, Leslie and I were pretty templed and museumed out, so we couldn't really appreciate it.

On Saturday we visited the two most popular temples in the city, Wat Pra Singh and Wat Chedi Luang. They were peaceful, and we enjoyed walking around the grounds just soaking in the atmosphere. In the afternoon we learned a little bit about the history of the region at one of the museums.

Inside Wat Chedi Luang

Hundreds of Bhuddist Flags

On Sunday we had a really good time learning how to cook Thai food at a cooking class. In the morning they took us to a market where we baught our ingredients and learned about how the ingredients were grown and processed. Back at the school, we each got to choose five dishes to cook. We would cook one dish, eat it, and then move on to next dish. Leslie and I each chose five different dishes, so by the end of the day we had sampled ten different Thai staples. Needles to say, we were also very full! We came away from the class with a basic understanding of how to use Thai ingredients and a Thai cookbook with all the recipies we learned. I am hoping to cook lots of Thai food when I am back in the US!