As an early Christmas and Hanukkah present to ourselves we booked a flight to Chiang Mai from Phuket. The highlight of our trip there was our Thai cooking class. We promise a Thai cooking night for our families when we get back!
The rest of out time was spent exploring the city, a nearby local lake and the What (temple) on top of the nearby hill with a scooter-although I would not say that Thailand is the perfect place for us to learn how to ride one!
A short story worth mentioning....
We rented a scooter in Chaing Mai to get around and explore. One night while visiting the local night market we parked the bike along side several others and spent a couple hours wandering the stalls. When we came back we found that someone had wrapped a chain and lock around our rear tire. There was no note, ticket or phone number. Just a chain and lock. Luckily a friendly Thai guy came by (funny that rhymes) and told us we had to take a tuk-tuk and go to the police station. As seasoned travelers we concluded that that was completely wrong. He then pointed 25 feet away at the parking attendant. "Maybe he can help you". Sure enough, the attendant was the man who owned the key to our bike lock. We are not sure of the explanation but it could have been that we parked by a Pancake stand but did not eat pancakes, or simply that we did not park in his lot. Anyway, the fine was 20 Baht (75 cents) so we gladly paid! I think this is the second ticket we have gotten so far - we ran a toll booth in Milan, Italy because we did not have enough change. We're not sure what has come of that one yet!
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