A Well Deserved Day Off



Ashley, Brit, Keely, Melinda, Tiffany, Jess



This week we had an extra day of class on Saturday so that we would be prepared to go into classrooms next week.  Six days of class had taken a toll on us, so a group of us went out to a couple bars in old city, the central part of Chiang Mai.  We ended up at this awesome reggae bar with a live band.  When we showed up no one was dancing, but by the time we left around 2 a.m. we even had some Thais dancing on the tables!  It was the perfect way to unwind after a long week.



I resisted the urge to sleep in today and Ashley, Melinda, Amy, and I went to Doi Suthep, one of the sacred mountain peaks in Chiang Mai.  After a long, windy ride up in a sorng taa ou we reached the entrance to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, the temple at the top of the mountain.  We hiked up 300 stairs until we made it to the temple.  There were lots of other people there, both foreigners and Thais, and lots of people praying.  The wat was beautiful and we got a nice view of Chiang Mai. 

 

After we got back, we went for Thai massages.  You can get an hour long massage for 200 baht, which is about $7!  It was heaven.  Then we walked around the night market, where you can pretty much buy anything, even bugs (and no, I wasn't daring enough to try).