Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep

We rented a motorcycle this morning. Here we are in our fashionable helmets:



Sixteen kilometers west of town is a forest mountain with a wat (temple) near the top (the temple's name, by the way, is Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep). There was a very big jackfruit tree at the temple; I had to get my picture taken in front:



Here's some pictures of the wat:







Further up the hill was the summer palace for the Thai king (the palace's name is Phuping). We thought of going, but decided we were too cheap to pay the admission (+ Gina, who was wearing a sleaveless shirt, would have had to borrow one of their shirts to not be disrespectful of the royal family...and Gina was guessing their shirts wouldn't match her pants).

On the way back to the guesthouse, we had a flat tire. I was very upset because I imagined we would end up being extorted out of a lot of money to get it fixed, but it ended up just costing 50 cents. One good result of this unfortunate incident was that we realized that the market we had been driven to yesterday was right next to the motorcycle repair shop. Gina had been looking forward to going to the Ten Payom Market once more because she thought the mangos there looked very good. We also bought more durian since we both love it so much.