Chiang Mai III: Wat-ever
Day three at Chiang Mai was designated for temple-hopping. The city really has no shortage of wat s. We took a morning walk to the Old City, the heart of the Chiang Mai which is still enclosed by old walls. Around the walls are also canals that very clean, without any visible rubbish. Made a horrible mistake of having breakfast at SAFE HOUSE Court 's cafe. The waitress got our order wrongs and the food was lousy. 'Nuff said. We were so fussy about what to have for breakfast that we ultimately made a bad choice. Ugh. Our first temple for the day was Wat Pan Ping. It has the typical temple layout with viharn and chedi . What caught my eye was the pair of makara guardians. There were also murals on the walls and quotes nailed on trees. Just one temple and we were ready to sit down for coffee. LOL. Hunted down Ponganes Espresso because of the good reviews and we weren't disappointed. Tried the Australian style latte and double shot afogatto ( excellent kick ).