Sunday in Chiang Mai

This morning we went on a river cruise down the Mae Ping river, was very peaceful (apart from the noisy engine!) and we ended up going to a herb garden and were given fresh fruit to eat, the pineapple was LOVELY! Today we also unsucessfully visited some wats in the old city centre, the main ones that we went to visit looked like they were being renovated/closed... not sure if it was something to do with the sunday market that takes place every week (will tell more about later) but they needed the room for parking and setting up.. so we ended up walking to the park in the corner of the old city centre, it was really nice again to get away from all the traffic and hustle/bustle! After that we went to dinner (pizza again) and spent the rest of the eve going around the sunday walking street/market, where everyone fills the main road in the city and some areas around the wats and has lots of crafts/clothes/jewellery to sell. so many people were about, it's a little crazy that they do this every week until midnight! The national anthem came on again and everyone in the street stopped whilst the music was playing, dont think i'm gonna get used to that, its very bizarre when it happens!