Final Day of Flowers

A later start this morning as most of the flower show events were in the evening. We heard a band playing from our hotel as we left and on the river near our hotel, we saw small boats decorated with flowers and the band playing.

After watching the boats go by we walked to the other side of town looking for something to eat. We found a small restaurant and ordered some food. Next we headed on a tour of temples. We think by now we must have seen  most of the temples in Chiang Mai! We also visited the 3 kings monument which was outside a museum.

The sun was getting hot so we retired to our hotel room which our fancy electronic fan keeps cool.

When the evening came we were ready to hit the streets again. We walked towards the Sunday Walking Street market. On the way we saw some animal rights protesters holding flat screen TVs displaying some movies on animal cruelty. 

It was so busy on Walking Street we decided to give it a miss and go and find some food.

We walked towards Chinatown and came across a temple that was lit up. We needed to cross the bridge to see it and the bridge was lit up too with pink and blue lights. Eventually we arrived at the Chinatown market and found a street seller selling red and green Thai curry, so we ordered some and they were delicious.  She told us in good English she would be closed for the next few days for Chinese New Year. We also found another store for dessert before we headed back to the main Square.

It was a little quieter down the Walking Street this time so that is where we went next. There were a lot of things for sale similar to last night's Market. We found something new to try which was a mix of garlic and chives. There was also a Wat at the market which we looked around. 

Afterwards we went back to the main Square to listen to the Thai music and dancing. It was a  performing arts school on the stage with girls dancing and singing as part of the flower festival.  We stayed until the end and then left to return to our hotel.