Checking out Chiang Mai
I just got back from a three day trip in Chiang Mai and it was absolutely wonderful. There was definitely a surrounding change when I reached the city. There were much more people and my mother also told me that the northern dialect is a little different, and that they speak much slower than the people do in Phitsanulok.
In Chiang Mai there is almost a clash of time periods. While there are old wooden huts sticking out of the tallest weeds I've ever seen, there are also modern buildings that sweep up to the sky, surrounded by advertisements pasted on billboards.
We went to a temple there and it was a gorgeous ornate structure. I've noticed that much about temples is large and golden.
Ah! And at the famous walking night bazaar in Chiang Mai I sampled my first fried critter- I ate a bamboo worm! It was actually pretty tasty, believe it or not :) At this bazaar, things were sold very cheaply and the place was just crawling with "farang" or "foreigners."
Above: the bamboo worm i ate
Above: other delectable bugs (ranging from crickets to worms to cockroach looking bugs)
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