Chiang Mai: Our trip in the mini bus from Pai back to Chiang Mai went very well. A mini bus is just a whole lot faster. Getting into Chiang Mai we were a bit shocked after quiet laid back Pai. This here is a busy city with lots of traffic and buzzing around. Plus a lot more humind than in the mountains. At first it was a bit much for us. Friday evening we just walked around to get used to the area and even had a short visit to famous Chiang Mai Night Bazaar. Amazing how many vendors there are! On Saturday we finally slept in, made some further plans and actually went ahead and booked our flights for going down South. We also made reservations for a trek. More about that in just a moment. Chiang Mai is inspite of traffic a pretty cool town (a bit too busy for Nathan though). I think I read that there are more than 300 wats in the city. Pretty much on every corner another wat. As we have not seen any temples since Sukhothai, we decided to go around and pick out the most famous ones. They sure are pretty. In the evening we finally spent some quality time at the Night Bazaar. At first it just seems overwhelming with different shops, but after a while you realize that it just repeats itself. Stands with tiny summer tops and other chaeply made clothes, jewelery, all kinds of handicraft stuff, faked watches, sunglasses and purses... it sure was heaven to me until my feet almost fell off a few hours later. Nathan was a very good moral support to me.