Sept 1: Touring Around Chiang Mai

Today we visited some places Mai recommended we see.

First, we went to the Pagoda at Doi Suthep. The sculptures and buildings were beautiful and we could see all of Chiang Mai from the mountain. To enter the temples, people were required to cover their shoulders and legs so the girls rented shawls and some very large brown pants.

Afterwards we visited the Royal Flora botanical garden. It was like a theme park! There were many plants from all over the world as well as buildings and company offices. We had the place essentially to ourselves since there were hardly any other visitors to the gardens. Everything at the gardens was entirely in Thai, except for some translations of flora names.