Sunday in Chiang Mai

All I can say is we're not in Tucson any more!  Sunday (night) market in CM is not to be believed.  One of the lures for booking the hotel where I did was its proximity to the Sunday market.   Things get going late in the afternoon and continue well into the night . . . and early Monday morning.  The streets are closed off, both sides are jam packed with stalls selling everything imaginable - to wear, to eat, to decorate with - and the crowds are a moving mass.

We didn't realize that things didn't really get going until the sun goes down, and we started our tour with a temple or two . . . I loved the promise of Phan-Ohn Temple:  Visiting this place your body and mind will be light and filled to the brim with boons.  

Tim looks a bit dubious . . .

 Lots of gold . . .

Looking for boons . . .

Each of these numbered cubicles contained horoscope-like statements - in English and Thai.  the containers on top have numbered chopsticks . . . they didn't seem to match the numbered cubicles.  Maybe it's boon thing.

I so wanted to run my hand down this long row of gongs and ring all these bells!!
We do some shopping instead.

We actually haggled over this purchase!

Yes, these are orchids and they are real.  This is one of a host of flower boxes outside a restaurant.

These sidewalk massage 'parlors' are everywhere, patronized mainly by locals.  I couldn't resist a photo of this guy, absolutely passed out after his massage.  BTW - 150 bath equals about $5.

On to the night market!