Another Day in Mae Sai 10-11-2012

This morning we got up pretty early, around 6:00 AM.  It was raining pretty hard so we had coffee and some fruit while we waited for the rain to stop.

This time of year it rains pretty hard, almost every day, between 4:00 and 6:00 AM.  Here it is known as the rainy season, go figure.

After it stopped raining we hopped on the motorbike and rode the 4 kilometers into downtown Mae Sai to the morning market. 

We had coffee with the folks that have the Pa Thong Ko shop in this market.  He is Muslim and also makes some other treats with potato in one and another with a bean topping.

I also took a picture of the girls of another family on a motorbike.  Yes, that is five (5) head scarfs (khimar's) on one motorbike. 

After coffee and Pa Thong Ko (Thai donuts) we headed over to a big jewelry shop that has a lot of Burmese Jade.  We are looking for a Jade Chess set for a special gift.  This is the only set they had and it was not Jade.

We did go into the Jade cutting area and talked with a couple of Daeng friends as they were working.

Daeng and I decided we would go into Myanmar (Burma) on Monday and see what we can find in the border town of Tachilek.  Here is a quick video of the Tachilek Border Bridge.

Also, the kid "huffing glue" in this video, Fences Between Us, is standing on the bridge crossing over the Mae Sai River into Burma.

On the way back to the house we stopped and bought the big Hula Hoop that Daeng wanted to exercise with.

Yep, another day in Mae Sai.

By the way, the hill in the back ground, over Daeng's shoulder, is Tachilek, Myanmar (Burma).