The grand palace

Mike - eating interesting green, square jelly-like blobs... (and some other, really nice food, cooked in a fondue-like pot with burning coals underneath)


Annick's baby dragon....


The grand palace.

So... we found an internet cafe! The previous photos were sent from my phone, which currently for some reason doesn't work to upload photos anymore...anyhow :)
First things first: it's hot. Very hot. Our room has air conditioning, which is nice, but each time you leave an air-con room, the heat strikes again and leaves you breathless for a second. We're following the shade and buying water, or coconuts (refrigerated and freshly cut open, for 20 Baht - which don't seem to taste very nice after all... they seemed a bit unripe?), and resting often. This morning, we managed to avoid most of the "hello my friend, ...." people (unlike yesterday, where we only barely escaped some promotion deal, only valid today, book tonight, quickly before it's gone, we want to help you, it's a non-touristy area, you get snake-whisky too which makes you strong, ...), and went straight to the big temple. It's a very overcrowded place, a very large complex, yet fairly impressive.
An overnight train to Chiang Mai is already full, so we might take a flight up there tomorrow or the day after.
We shall keep you updated...