... that we went to Thailand: Day 3

We got up the next morning and grabbed a quick breakfast before heading down to the gorgeous hotel pool

I had eggs and toast and Matt had... french fries. We heart America. I think Matt's biggest complaint about Asia was the breakfast: who eats chicken and rice for breakfast?? Give us dessert for breakfast like civilized people!!!



The hotel pool was BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I was in heaven! We took the morning and just relaxed before heading to the bus stop to catch a ride back to the airport. We grabbed a quick bite to eat at the airport before boarding our flight to Chiang Mai:

We are such terrible tourists. We should have not even eaten, because our tickets on Bangkok Airways came with passes to their lounge in the airport that was pretty swanky and stocked with all sorts of snacks and goodies!

Popcorn! Sandwiches! Cake! Drinks! Bangkok Airways was definitely a classy way to fly!

We found a little taxi to take us to our hotel in the heart of central Chiang Mai: the Baan Klang Wiang Hotel. Not quite as pristine as our hotel in Pattaya, but it was still pretty nice and a GREAT location right inside the old central city gate. We unloaded our stuff and decided that we just HAD to make our way out to the Sunday Night Market.

Jake had given us all of his best tips and tricks for visiting Thailand, since he'd been there just a few months before, and he made us promise not to miss the Sunday night market. We were exhausted and not even hungry, but the market was worth it. The whole street was lined with stands and tables filled with beautiful handcrafted trinkets and crafts and it was pretty awesome. Matt eventually made a rule that I had to walk in front of him because I kept stopping to look at everything and he would walk away from me! We picked up a couple of souvenirs and wandered around until our feet hurt and the stands started packing up. I was also able to stop Matt from eating a bug and he complained about it for the rest of the trip.

We eventually made it back to the hotel and fell into bed exhausted. Jake was furious with us for not eating anything, but I didn't see what the big deal was. We had the whole rest of the trip to eat whatever we wanted! But I would definitely come to regret that thinking later...

We love Chiang Mai!