Oh I forgot to write about our day in chaing Mai! we went for a bit of a walk inside the old part of the city which is surrounded by a moat and wall. We saw a couple of wats, one of which housed one fo the oldest Buddha statues - made in India (or sri Lanka- can't remember) about 2500 years ago. I would have been more amazed had it not been hidden behind a bigger golder newer Buddha statue.
Tim really wanted to go to this insect museum and I am glad he insisted - it was pretty hilarious. This guy has been collecting various insects for 50 years and the museum is his lifes work. He is a taxonomist who identified about 300 different types of mosquitos. But thats the boring part- the msot fascinating things were the stories of his childhood - where he got malaria and his experiences living in Thailand during WWII. He also now paints and has filled the museum with paintings of Buddhist godesses flying on the backs of giant mosquitos. He also has amzing (broken english) quotes about life- how nature works and how humans need to respect and love nature, because nature is God. He was such an enthusiastic man.
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