Lazy day in Chiang Mai

We didn't do much today. We had a good sleep in, spent some time on the computer, and had lunch at a place owned by a Kiwi couple, so we watched a bit of rugby while eating tuna sandwiches. We were told we couldn't miss Chiang Mai's Sunday markets, so we headed there to wander around later in the evening. One huge, very long street is blocked off every Sunday from about 4:00 pm until late, and vendors set up their stalls on the ground one after another. The entire street is packed with people selling lots of different things, and there are even side streets filled with the same. The vendors even set up in the area outside a wat along the street. It was nice to walk around, but we didn't find anything we were interested in buying...except of course a beautiful, huge wooden vase nearly as tall as Kel. But of course it was too expensive by the time we calculated how much it would cost to ship it home! We tried to have some dinner from the street stalls, but did not want to risk eating food that had been sitting out for a while, as we are going to a cooking class tomorrow, and don't want to feel ill! So we ended up having some 'Mexican' food and had an early night.