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Chiang Mai 2014

Our third visit to this fascinating city, to revisit known sites and to use as a starting point for journeys north, this time to Mae Hong Son, near the Burmese border.

After an overnight journey by train from Ayuttaya we arrive at Chiang Mai to find it just as we remembered – the spotless, tiled railway station, bustling with travellers, an information booth, shops and cafes and a crowd of drivers touting for business – tuk-tuks, taxis, songkeows and buses.

We are happy to walk to our guest-house, Galare, on the bank of the River Ping, along the route we know so well, arriving to find the same friendly and welcoming lady manager we remember from previous visits.

Outside the railway station, Chiang Mai
Outside the railway station, Chiang Mai
Traditional house, now a restaurant
Traditional house, now a restaurant
Fine weaving
Fine weaving
Wat Phanthong
Wat Phanthong
Door, Wat Phanthong
Door, Wat Phanthong
Offerings, please
Offerings, please
Door, War Phanthong
Door, War Phanthong
Window, Wat Phanthong
Window, Wat Phanthong
Haircut
Haircut
Door, Wat Muet Larm
Door, Wat Muet Larm
Window, Wat Muet Larm
Window, Wat Muet Larm
Window, Wat Muet Larm
Window, Wat Muet Larm
Wat Muet Larm
Wat Muet Larm
Wat Muet Larm
Wat Muet Larm
Wat Muet Larm
Wat Muet Larm
After school snacks
After school snacks
Banana Roti, yum
Banana Roti, yum
Sign at Wat Phan On
Sign at Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Window, Wat Phan On
Window, Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Wat Phan On
Antique shop along Thapae Gate Road
Antique shop along Thapae Gate Road
Wat Buppharam
Wat Buppharam
Wat Buppharam
Wat Buppharam
Cupboard door in restaurant
Cupboard door in restaurant
Old wall and moat
Old wall and moat
Old wall and moat
Old wall and moat
Foot bridge over moat
Foot bridge over moat
Fountains in moat
Fountains in moat
Moat around central city
Moat around central city
Part of moat
Part of moat
Morning Market, various cooked insects
Morning Market, various cooked insects
Roasted grasshoppers
Roasted grasshoppers
Morning Market
Morning Market
Morning Market
Morning Market
View down Ping River
View down Ping River
Morning Market
Morning Market
Morning Market
Morning Market
Flowers, Morning Market
Flowers, Morning Market
Cigars, Morning Market
Cigars, Morning Market
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Phra Singh
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang