Sunday Walking Street Market

Chiang Mai has many markets.  The Night Market - every night.  Warrawot market - every day. The Saturday Walking Street night market - self explanatory- Wulai Road is closed and turned into a market.
The most famous and maybe the biggest is the Sunday Walking Street Market in the old city.  Streets are closed and the stalls take over.

Ginger - Friday flowers

Ms Dao, my maid, visits once every two weeks, a total self indulgence.  She is absolutely lovely.  She always leaves flowers for me, often these torch ginger flowers, which are prolific in the jungle.
Initially I thought it was a form of waratah,
It is also known as "Porcelain Rose" and its scientific name is Etlingera elatior.
Enjoy the long weekend.

Lychee season

Yummmmm Lychees are in season.
I try to stop at the same roadside stall on the mountain to buy bananas each week. The last few weeks the lady has also had local lychees for sale, 40 baht a kilo, ie about $1.50.

Digestion and Art

This week Grade 6s painted the digestive system on to Tee shirts.  We used fabric paint and markers, ending up with many and varied designs.

Ah Dut on the left is a perfectionist and worked neatly and carefully to paint his tee shirt and was upset that we ran out of red paint meaning his large intestine was painted in orange and yellow. 

Katchan on the right is the opposite, and has a new bright bristly hair style to match his design. You can't see the back of his tee shirt, but he happily drew a "butt hole" and marked it Censored.  Hilarious!

What's for lunch

Lunch can be a bit hit and miss at APIS. Some times the choices are very beige and/or very greasy.  Their Khoi Soi and Phat Thai are good.

Often there will be chicken or pork, cooked two ways (roast and steamed).  The chef takes the huge cleaver as in the picture below and chops the meat up.

There is always a curry/stew and a rice station.

Sometimes they try western food, eg spaghetti, but I avoid that.

There is also a salad bar and a fruit station, always watermelon and another fruit, but never mango.

Step back in Style in Yangon

High tea at The Strand Hotel in Yangon.  A ritual from colonial times in a city struggling to move forward.
For other "Stylish" photos from city daily blogs on June 1 go to http://www.citydailyphoto.org/

Bamboo Scaffolding at Shwedagon Pagoda

The spire of the chedi at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon/Rangoon was covered with this incredible bamboo scaffold.
It may be removed by now.