Bartered with the hotel receptionist to let us in the room early and she eventually give in. Got 5 hours in after the horrible train journey then went the 'sunday walking market'. Watched the local celeb singer and Chinese girls with bendy fingers perform in the street. Got a fresh strawberry smoothie :-D. It had loads of hand made crafts and was alot more laid-back than a Bangkok Market! After our long day we scoffed some chicken balls (not chickens balls) and went back the hotel for more sleep ahead of our busy day tomorra :-) Chiang Mai is definitely the best place yet.
Woke up early had jam on toast for breaky and got movin! We was gonna get the bus to Doi Suthep (chiang mai's biggest mountain) but it turned out gettin a scooter was the cheaper option (£3 bargin!!) so I got back to me scooter roots and on the road. We drove up to the Temple at the top to start off with as it was early and quite mild. Once we got to the top we had to climb up about a thousand stairs and rewarded ourselves with choc ices. Got blessed by a monk and given a piece of cotton for our travels. Monks cannot touch women so he passed Gem the cotton and she passes him it back...he shook his head and Gem passes it back again the serious monk started laughing an reminded Gem he cannot touch women...Gem went beetroot and laughed oooo yeah sorry!! Lit some incense sticks and candles and headed back down for the next sights. Chiang Mai Zoo is at the bottom of Doi Suthep so we stopped off there to see the panda's. After hand feeding some Elephants and seein alkinds on the way we went in the 'Panda zone' to see the 3 fluffy fellas. Got some photos and videos and left the zoo for the next stop. The Doi Suthep waterfall was just past the zoo on the way up the mountain so it was worth a dip before we headed back. We decided to cross over the stream so we could get a lil sun tan..all we had to do was take two steps across the stream...Gem stood on the most slanted and slippy rock in the stream and fell right in!! I pulled her out and we laughed about Gem being so disastrous haha! Got completely lost for about an hour on the way home so hard when all the signs are in Thai and Gem is reading the map upside down on the back of the scooter! Went out and spent the last of our baht on 'route 66' burgers and gems steakhouse butty with onions and mushrooms and chips it was delicious a nice change from noodles haha! Washed all our clothes coz we had nothin left and we stink! We went the shop bought some drinks and chocolate and went back to our "luxurious" room to chill after our busy day!
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