Initially we wanted to stay a little longer in Chiang Mai, but it was seriously raining ALL DAY! I didn't know that this kind of weather existed in paradise... There was no point in visiting temples or climbing hills not to mention renting a scooter in this rain. So we made our way south by bus to the ancient town of Sukhothai with lots and lots of excavations of temples, buddha statues and shrines.
But first when we arrived we stumbled over a Buddhist festival held on full moon. Lots of food stalls were set up and cloth stalls and dart games stalls etc. The whole town seemed to be on its feet after dark with loud music and entertainment. We wandered around being almost the only western people and soaked up the athmosphere, the different smells, the lights and hustle & bustle. We had some excellent street food and tried various deserts and felt like we had witnessed a really local event, not artificially set up for tourists.
The next day we rented bicycles and cruised around the excavation site for the whole day, visiting numerous buddha statues, be it sitting, standing, with open eyes or closed, smiling or in deep thought... It's hard to describe but there is something about this guy...
Do you have any idea how hard it is to do a self-timer photo on bicycles with only 10 seconds time???
Someone crossed our path:
Being really hungry after an exhausting sightseeing tour we tried "hot pot". A restaurant where you get a pot of boiling Veggie broth and you cook you meet, vegetables and noodles in it... Yummy!
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