Blogged earlier today, but a power cut cut me off in my prime until the power cut cut... Had another trip uphill, this time to the pilgramage site of Doi Suthep, a beautiful temple complex above Chiang Mai featuring lots of golden buddhas and a big chedi. All small-in-scale and situated outdoors, monks chanting and bells and gongs chiming for good luck. Shared a songthau with an Irish girl on the way up, and some Germans, Swiss and French on the way down. Irish girl hardest to understand; maybe it was the distracting brown eyes. Making little headway with the Thai language tho' : current vocab = 5 words pronounced differently every time. Smiling through...