First full day in Chiang Mai

 So... Coffee. So far, seems to be high quality. We guess that it's largely imported from Vietnam. They have all the espresso drinks you find anywhere, plus f course the famous Thai iced coffee. Plus, something we have not seen anywhere else: Orange coffee. Coffee with some kind of orange concentrate - it's not orange syrup, it's unsweetened, which is nice.

Also, many many tea drinks and bubble tea drinks.

Chiang Mai reminds me of Dar es Salaam, in being a city that was not really built for cars. There's nothing resembling a grid, and many of the streets are tiny. Also, there's something about the architecture that I can't quite put my finger on.

This is a typical house - on a side street not far from our hotel

And because I promised - this is a bridge over the Ping River. It runs through the city from north to south. Much smaller than the Willamette.

We've been making some observations about the sense of ornamentation on display in Chiang Mai, that I will post about later.