We checked into our hotel and went out exploring. Chaing Mai is 'capitol' of the north. It is actually a relatively large city (but small in comparison to Bangkok). We started out by booking our trek for the next day and wandered the streets looking for a place to grab lunch. After asking countless people how to get to a specific restaurant we wanted to try we gave up on the crappy directions and settled for a random guest house cafeteria on the side of the road. It was surprisingly delicious and it turns out the owner had been invited to personally cook for the queen a few years back. Cha Ching!
Chaing Mai's most famous evening attraction is the night market and we set out to conquer it. We spent at least three hours wandering from stall to stall trying to haggle our way down to the best bargain. Lindsay and I brought home loads of gifts for our friends and family while Kor mostly just tasted different sausages (a decision he would later regret). We saw everything from fake nike and name brand everything to real thai silk, pearls and wooden handicrafts. We ended the evening by grabbing a tuk-tuk to a nearby restaurant. As we are driving to the restaurant we realize that we are quickly whizzing through the red light district. Pretty soon we see our hotel on the corner. And then more of the Red Light (karaoke bar) district. Thank you Kor's dad for recommending a nice quiet hotel in the RLD!
After dinner we returned home and got ourselves geared up for a day of riding elephants and other adventures!
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