My first look around Chiang Mai
It is now the afternoon of the 5th January, after a couple of hours rest I decided to venture out and explore my surroundings on foot. Reaching the main road at the end of the side street where the hotel is situated I decided to turn left for no other reason than most of the traffic seemed to be heading in that direction at the time. I came to a junction and discovered, quite by accident, that I had hit the corner of the old city. A very substantial ruin of a wall and what appeared to be a moat greeted me in the bright afternoon sunshine.