Chiang Dao

We're in Chiang Dao today. Little town north of Chiang Mai. This morning we rode bikes 6k from the place we're staying to see the once a week Tuesday market in town. An amazing mix of traditional vendors selling the most amazing vegetables ( there are so many I don't recognize and the smells of fish paste and chilis seep into your clothes) and the worst of globalization. Under the big canvas it is like a Wal Mart in stalls. Lots of plastic and glitter and cheap clothes, most with American slogans and labels.

This afternoon we're going to an AIDS orphanage to volunteer with the children for the afternoon. We'll probably do this a couple of days while we're here. There are 60 children there, 40 infected with the virus and the remainder taken in because their parents died or they were abandoned.

Time to leave now, so more later.

M