Year Of The Pig in Chiang Mai
Posted On Sunday, February 18, 2007 at at 2:53 AM by Alvin
Happy Chinese New Year ! Our stay in Chiang Mai coincided with the arrival of the year of The Pig. This city has a large Chinese community and China Town in Chiang Mai was one big party on New Year's eve where there were restaurant tables all laid out along the streets of the China Town. We also stayed up late and visited the colorful central market in the town centre. Strangely enough, we even managed to get some sleep amongst the loud fire crackers heard throughout the night.
We also took a shared taxi up to Doi Suthep, a Buddhist Temple perched up on a hill around 30 minutes' drive from Chiang Mai. The day was so sunny and the reflections of the golden statutes of His Holiness were blinding in the sunlight !
We also took a shared taxi up to Doi Suthep, a Buddhist Temple perched up on a hill around 30 minutes' drive from Chiang Mai. The day was so sunny and the reflections of the golden statutes of His Holiness were blinding in the sunlight !
