Chiang Mai

Arriving in Chiang Mai was a refreshing change from Myanmar. As much as I enjoyed it, it was nice to come to a clean city with more backpackers and plenty of places to sit, drink tea, do yoga and enjoy a good meal. As soon as I arrived at the airport I befriended a nice Swedish couple and we shared a taxi. Luckily they also had a cheap hostel in mind so I didn't have to search for ages to find one! After a relax and unpack we headed to the night market for some dinner. It was packed and full of touristy souvenirs but is was nice to be out and about.
I spent the next day relaxing and researching fun things to do in Chiang Mai. Also had a necessary shop for electronics and managed to do some good bargaining. I went along to a great yoga class in the evening. I was quite sad I didn't manage to do yoga in Myanmar.  It wasn't because I was lazy and didn't go to a class but I couldn't find one anywhere once we had left Yangon. So I will have to make up for it in thailand.
Today I went along to a fantastic cooking class and ate my weight in thai food. I made pad thai, spicy prawn soup, curry paste and green curry and a papaya salad. I even got a cooking book so I will be cooking you all something when I get back. :-) lucky you!!

At the market learning about the different ingredients and realising it's going to be pretty hard finding it all in Germany.