After a great break in Chiang Mai, I finally get off my butt and leave. Heading for Taton, even further north. Fortunately, this time the bus trip was a respectable 3 hours, just as well, as my good old British cold was actually fast turning into tonsilitis; oh lucky me. Taton was a lovely little town, with few tourists, except the luxury bus loads of Thais coming to visit the temple of course! The temple, Wat Taton, is built over 7 steps, as they call it, going up the mountain side. So, the next day, which was very hot and sweaty I might add, I embarked on climbing the 7 steps. Little did I expect it to take me a good hour and half of steep up hill slogging. Having politely refused numerous lifts up the
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