Fanny Thai in Chiang Mai!

Finally we have had a proper sleep! (maybe to do with the amount of alcohol consumed last night we suspect though.....) Although we did have to get up early this morning to go to our Thai cookery class! (yes, Silvia cooking! would you believe it?!).

The cookery school picked us up at 9.30 and took us to the market to show us all the stuff we would be working with; Thai basil, sweet basil, holy basil, kafir lime leaves, lemongrass etc..... There was lots of wierd stuff there that neither of us would touch though, such as fried bamboo worms - mmmmm!

We got to the school and got ourselves ready -the guy teaching us was lovely, and we met a great Malaysian/Canadian family who were also paticipating, which made it all the more fun:) Between Silvia and I we made: hot sweet and sour soup, chicken and coconut soup, papaya salad, chicken and lime salad, spring rolls, thai basil and chicken stir fry and chicken and cashew nut stirfry, so we can try that out on everyone when we get home! We have a certificate and everything! The food was mega mega spicy though, chillies in everything, and the food was even too spicy for the Malaysian family! (and especially for Silvia who somehow has even managed to get her finger BURNED by a chilli).

It was raining furiously this afternoon so we stayed in for a bit after having our head and foot massage from the same place as yesterday and then headed into town for some Mezze (and more beer) at a Greek restaurant. I, Amy, also had a medicinal Thai whisky though, as I have a stinking cold and needed a wee pick me up :)


We are heading to Laos tomorrow, going by minibus to the border and then spending one night on the Thai side and two days on a boat to reach Luang Prabang, the second largest city in the country and its meant to be beautiful.....