Old City Chiang Mai

Surrounded by a moat, we are staying in the 'Old City' of Chiang Mai, which is roughly one square mile. After a good night's rest last night, we woke up to a decent breakfast at our guest house, and did some planning for our impending jungle/hillside trek. There are so many reviews and options that I'm ready to just pick any of them. In fact, while I'm writing this, the other guys are debating what to do. I'll leave it up to them.

We finally went out exploring around 12:30, and saw a few key places nearby, including Wat Sigha, which contained a massive golden Buddha and a shrine to a monk who recently passed away. We met up with a pair of UCL students from London on the street who were likewise lost, and headed to Wat Chedi Luang, a 500-some-odd-year-old brick structure that half collapsed in an earthquake in 1545, giving it a really unique look. In fact, I'm willing to say it was one of the more impressive things we've seen so far, probably because we didn't have high expectations for it. It was gigantic!

After heading over to the moat for a bit, we found ourselves back at the MD House, and I'm getting antsy. Supposed to be going to Wat Suan Dok for a 'monk chat' for foreigners from 5-7pm.

More to come later.