Sunday, January 16, 2011

Wat Phratha Doi Suthep

Did a temple tour today. Visited THE temple of Chiang Mai. Its in the mountain. Beautiful of course. Many people doing what they do in temples. This for good luck. As if there was such a thing. That to keep bad stuff away. Etc. It was nice. But the curvy road makes little seasick. And taking a tour lends you less to do things you might want to do impulsively. We visited a "hills tribe village" direct example. It was just shops. Yes there was handcraft and other stuff but... wasn't what I'd think of as village. People are said to live in the back of the shops. But wonder how many are rich enough to have a shop full of stuff. What about those who are not?

I did buy a shirt though. Not handcrafted as many shops sold same thing. I now have one outer shirt to compliment my shirt that was lost in laundry some weeks ago. I don't miss it.

Now. Maybe a small nap.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hiiltribes are brought in form Myanmar ;-)
payed "a little" to sit there for tourism .