Today would be our last day in Chiang Mai. We started it off by meeting Galen for breakfast. For any collectors of Galen Garwood (http://www.galengarwood.com) abstract paintings out there, here’s a scoop; he told us he was reinvigorated about his painting and was planning on devoting serious time to creating additions to his body of work. After a leisurely meal, Galen drove us to the bus station to buy our tickets, and (all too quickly) it was time to say our goodbyes. As he dropped us off at the Yindee, we offered him the use of the guest room at our home; an offer we sincerely hope he takes us up on.

Now we were down to our last afternoon in town. We decided to visit Mengrai Kilns (http://www.mengraikilns.com), a producer of fine ceramics specializing in Celadon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celadon).

Mengrai Kilns

Ceramics for sale.

More ceramics for sale.

Pond at Mengrai Kilns.

They even had terracotta.

There were a few other places we wanted to visit but being a Sunday, the ones we checked on were closed. Besides, it was around 100 Degrees Fahrenheit (about 35 Degrees Celsius) and melting-into-your-socks-muggy. So, after a nice Mango smoothie in an out of the way cafe, we heeded the siren call of the Great Buddhaire, “Air-Con” and headed back to the Yindee. Along the way we spotted a dog trying to cool himself in a tiny Koi Pond in front of a store. You know it’s hot when…

Dog cools off in Koi Pond.

We had a 6:15 AM pick-up to go to the bus station in the morning. So, we went to an early dinner at, the Cote Jardin (http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g293917-d2572823-Reviews-Cote_Jardin-Chiang_Mai.html) and then came back to the Yindee. On to the next part of the adventure.