Sunday Market in Chaing Mai

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Puppet show - Chiang Mai

The Sunday market in Chang Mai is incredible, & takes up most of the city centres 1.5 sq Km. Artisans from all over the area come to ply their wares, anything from silks to highly elabourate wooden carvings. The streets throng with people & the temples are taken over by stalls serving food.

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Photos

One of many elaborate temples
There seems to be a Bhudist temple on the corner of every street.

Inside a temple
I am not sure which one is the Budha? Answers on a poscard please!

Inside the temple grounds
You cannot see from this photograph, but behing th rough wooden palings was a group of young trainee monks.

Craftsman at work
It was a pleasure to so this local craftsman producing his intricate metal work

The hustle & bustle of the market
This was both the bigest & busiest market that I have ever seen.

Traditional costume
this little girl was from one of the numerous mountain villiages that reside in the surrounding mountains.

Singing for the crowds
Her singing captivated everyone that passed by.

Comments

[Kate]

Lovely!
Keep the photos coming, they're lovely. :)

[HELEN]

Jan 28th
Hi Shaun, its so much fun checking out what you are up to, it really looks like a trip of a lifetime....and brightens my day given its minus 30 and only light for about 6 h a day! So where are you going for your placement and what will you be doing....I was showing the tiger shots to Sacha and lex and didn't know what you hadn't settled on.

[Gary Connelly]

Good Luck
Hi Shaun, you are doing a great job with the pictures hope you keep it up. Tell me, are you having rice with every meal?

[Ola Francombe]

Temple Tiger
You fit well within the temple ambience, great big cats' video but couldn't open the puppet show...Only 10 days to the beginning of The Year of the Rat - get ready for the celebrations!

[ST100mph]

Rice with every meal!
Hi Gary, I have to confess that I had fried eggs, toast, marmalaide & coffe for breakfast for the last couple of days. I know it's cheating, but It will be rice for every meal once I get to my volunteer placement on the 8th Feb. Cheers Shaun

[ST100mph]

Volunteer placement
Hi Helen, I am glad that you are injoying the updates. It is a big responsibility to make sure that I have a great experience every day or else I would have nothing yo report! But I think the effort is worthwhile as it is very rewarding to be able to share my experiences when I am travelling alone. The first part of my placement will be at Phu Wua nature reserve in NE Thailand (Isaan Area). I have not yet commited to the 2nd part, but will brobobly go to Laos near to Vientiane, another Eco Tourism project. If you send me Sacha & Lex's email addresses, I will add them to the subscribers list. Give everyone my best wishes. Cheers ShaunX