My apologies if you have been wondering what became of us. Unfortunately, Michael took ill again en route to Thailand. The second night here I joined him though mercifully for just one bad night of usual traveler stuff and one achy day yesterday. But that means two full days holed up in our hotel room recuperating. Michael is still pretty uncomfortable but we managed to venture out this morning for a tuk-tuk tour of the major temples in the old city.
It turns out that Chiang Mai is a pretty westernized city with 7-Elevens, Pizza Huts, Subways, etc. Still plenty of Buddhas to be seen, of course. But the style of the temples is quite different. They are often quite ornate with lots of mirrored and colorful tile mosaics and they are clearly quite fond of elephants and serpents (of both the one headed and five headed varieties).
It turns out that Chiang Mai is a pretty westernized city with 7-Elevens, Pizza Huts, Subways, etc. Still plenty of Buddhas to be seen, of course. But the style of the temples is quite different. They are often quite ornate with lots of mirrored and colorful tile mosaics and they are clearly quite fond of elephants and serpents (of both the one headed and five headed varieties).
There's one with one head
Here's one with five heads
A foundation of elephants at this temple
And here are five headed serpents AND elephants
Off to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow.
But getting anxious to get home.
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