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| 04.10.04 (4:10 am) [edit] |
CHANG MAI, Northern Thailand
March 14th-23rd
After Bangkok-
we moved right on up into northern Thailand to a city called Chang Mai.
There was soo much peace there- its undescribable. There is a beautiful wat on almost every street block and let me tell you that does something to the AIR...
and that's what I breathe - so there...
You may recall my "Watering the Buddha"- Holy Shit! story. Well, that little story took place in Chang Mai.
Here is the first time I got to speak with monks. I think i told you about the 2 we talked with. The Magic Trick Monk and the Inhaley Laugh Monk. With all of these wats its like - monks every everywhere... monks on bicycles, monks with umbrellas,monks playing chess, monks buying toothpaste, monks smoking cigarettes...hmmm?
Wonder what the deal with THAT is!? .... Young children monks sweeping and painting and building up the temple grounds... Its so nice to be surrounded by Buddhists.
We had a clean, large room- out of the smog and rough room in Bangkok. I spent some nice time recollecting before heading into hardcore travels in hard countries like Laos and Cambodia.
To prepare for our hardcore travels....
ONE DAY: We took a Thai Cooking Course!
Yeah OK- don't laugh- Andrea in the kitchen is funny! But it was so cool- i absolutely love Thai food. It was an Organic Farm Cooking School. First they took us to the market. DON'T be afraid when i show you the Thai food market pictures. They had some ODD specimens for sale. Fetal calves - umbilical cord and all for stew, all the bugs you could eat, and don't forget the ant eggs- which i found out is the special ingredient in the curry! and no more curry for me from that day on! just wait for the pictures!ahhh....
So anyway we bought coconut milk and rice for the meals we would learn to prepare.
They took us next to this huge beautiful organic farm, where we picked our own vegetables and herbs that we would cook with. Learned about them - so awesome! It was such a beautiful day and the school was very organized and natural. I can not wait to have a garden.
We made:
Papaya Salad
Red Curry Vegies and Chicken
pounding away mortar and pestel to make the sauces - HOT HOT chilies...
then stopped to eat what we made.
After lunch:
Steamed Banana wrapped in StickyRice and Coconut Milk
Fish Cakes
and ofcourse Pad Thai
It took a ll day long and was fulfilling - and tired us...
We slept and chilled afterward....more to come in Chang Mai!
Peace and love to you... Andrea
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