Arrived into Chiang Mai on a slightly less uncomfortable train journey. This is the great place to do lots of thai stuff & really get your teeth in to stuff so... did the general wat seeing that needs to be done anyway, some also quite impressive wats, although not as amazing as some others we have seen so far, so won't elaborate too much...thoguh the lanna architecture & murals were quite cool. cooking...great day spent learning the tricks of the delicious thai cuisine with a very amusing thai chef. i can now make great coconut milk soup, tom yam, padthai, green, red & penang curry, spring rolls, papaya salad, sticky rice with mango & other stuff that i may wish to attempt without having seen it previously with the wonderful recipe book he gave us at
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