Chiang Mai, Yoga, Yogis and Cooks

After our Lahu Village experience, we joined up with a few of our massage buddies at the Malak guest house, were not only did we have a panoramic view of Chiang Mai from our Garden terrace and kitchen, but we also shared free internet on two popular computers.
I took a cooking course on our second day led by the 'Best Thai Cookery School', how can you go wrong with a name like that?
Perm, the instructor, was excellent in English and made a lot of very silly, corny jokes through the market tour and throughout the day. We learned to buy eggs (here there are 4 types, young, old, fermented, quail) and we learned to distinguish roots and vegetables as well as to decipher the difference between coconut juice, milk and cream... very cool.
We were led poooooon (means far in Thai) out of the city center in little red truck taxis and installed ourselves each at his or her own stove and cutting block. We learned 11 dishes in one day and even to cook with huge flames as you can see in the photo! It was very fun and rewarding, since the days to follow I was able to remake pad thai and panang curry at the guest house and enjoyed buying produce at the market.
Chiang Mai was a quieter stay for us. We wandered around, used internet and chatted with other travelers. There were a lot of great vegetarian and organic restaurants that we sampled for $2 per person for a meal! We watched a few movies while sipping banana shakes at the 'Okay Guest House' down the street and Cash found a place to play pool.
One day, we rented a motorbike and went outside Chiang Mai to a wonderful wood carving center, then two days later, up a steep and winding hill to Doi Suthep Wat where we plan to do a THREE WEEK meditation course in August.
Today, we are in the smaller version of Chiang Mai, called Chiang Rai and will be getting on a bus to Mai Sai, the border between Burma and Thailand. If all goes as planned, our next ten days will be spent somewhere in Burma.
To be continued. Wishing everyone well!