Back to normal at home in Mae Sai

Well, we have been ,here in Mae Sai, for a few days and we're back to normal. Normal to us is the morning visit to the market for coffee and Pa Thong Ko (pronounced "Baht-to-go").

Something that is not normal is to see monks on horseback. We see them on the bus, in tuk-tuks, taxis, bicycles and on elephants but this is the first time I have seen a monk on a horse.

After coffee, in the Ban Pa Meat morning market, we have been doing a little exercise on the equipment beside the road one street over. Ban Pa Meat is the section of Mae Sai that we live in.

Just to show the percentage of Buddhists in this area, here is a picture of the morning market on October 12th which was a Buddhist holiday.

The morning market usually is full of folks shopping for produce and food for the home, but not that morning.