Monday, February 9, 2015

Chiang Mai -- Thailand's fantastic north


We took an overnight train from the Bangkok area (Ayuthaya) to Chiang Mai, located in northern Thailand near the Myanmar border. This is a great town full of cafes, good restaurants, markets, museums, Buddhist temples.




An early-morning Buddhist offering set up outside a Chiang Mai bar


I took this photo at Chiang Mai's Museum of World Insects & Natural Wonders, run by a researcher of malaria and his wife (an entomologist).





Buddhist monks preparing for the 3-day Chiang Mai Flower Festival






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