First thing this morning we went to the Chinese market to find out what time the events on stage would start. Whilst we were there we saw a number of Chinese dragons dancing in the streets. They were being escorted by groups of drummers.
Today most ladies were wearing red dresses with embroidered gold patterns. Many men wore t-shirts with pigs on representing the year of the pig. We wanted to stand out from the crowd so we wore at blue t-shirts! We were told the events would start at 6 o'clock by a lady setting up the stage.
We decided it was time to have something to eat. We chose a cheap noodle stand and they were quite delicious. After eating we crossed the bridge to the other side of the river and went in search of Wats and other temples. We tried to find a Hindu temple that was marked on the map. However, we couldn't find it. It had disappeared! After checking with Google it appears to be marked in the wrong location on our map.
We stopped at a cafe and had some drinks before eating lunch just down the road from our hotel.
We returned to the Chinese market at 6 o'clock but nothing had started yet. We explored the market searching for food and we found lots of interesting things to try. Eventually the show commenced. The first part of the show involved finding the New Year China doll which was basically a children's pageant. The costumes they were wearing were amazing. When we had enough of watching the show we decided to walk across to the other side of Chiang Mai. We paid a visit to our hot sweet soya milk lady and stocked up on sweets and other goodies for tomorrow's bus journey. On our way back to the hotel we were tempted by noodle soup. We decided to eat again just in case the bus doesn't stop at a good roadside restaurant tomorrow. We wanted to be really full up.
