Day Two in chiang Mai - Saturday

Richard and Connie's son who was dressed up like Captain Hook. Seth didn't really know what to think.


Here's a picture of Tip. Hope that she and Kara will be pen pals. She is in second grade also.


Here's the elementary school. It was very very nice.



Here's the mat that Seth loves so much.


This is the view of Chiang Mai from the temple on the mountain.

Kara, I hope you can read this before you leave for church. We came home early this afternoon so that I could blog.

Yesterday, we slept in. It was actually the first night that we had to give Seth a bottle in the night. I think that he is not getting enough calories during the day. He is having a hard time adjusting to our food. We don't eat rice soup every meal!! He also still hates the room. Cries when we get to the door and usually only stops when he is asleep. We stay in there as little as possible. TV here is the pits. There are only a couple of English speaking stations and they are not from the US. The world is obsessed with the US Economy and the presidential election.

We are staying at the Imperial Mae Ping and it is right beside the night market. We like the hotel and it has all of the ammenities we need plus more. Breakfast is included and it is a feast!! We have fallen in love with these coconut and rice flour treats. They are small like appetizers so you feel like you can eat a dozen.

After breakfast we wandered around town. I despise the Tuk Tuk and taxi drivers. They are too pushy. From our experience they get you in the car and then start raising the price or trying to sell you other things. The driving is better in CM but still crazy. Lines in the street mean nothing.

At 4:00 Richard came and picked us up. We first went to the tope of a mountain and saw a Buddhist Temple. Since I live in the Bible belt it is hard to get used to how other religions operate. The view from this temple was breath taking. It over looked Chiang Mai. We left and picked up Connie and their two daughters and a friend. We went to their children's school to watch an outdoor movie. They were playing "Peter Pan". The International School is wonderful. I felt like I was back at home. There were probably around 500 Engish speaking people there. It was set up like a carnival and all of the seniors at the school were dressed up like characters from Peter Pan. They sold real hamburgers and hot dogs. Seth loved it. Connie brought plastic mats like Mrs. Ting's so he felt right at home.

When we got back to the hotel we hit the Night Market. It was great and we found some good deals. Seth slept in the Ergo. We got home around 11:30.