Nan Day 2

Last night we strolled through Nan's night market and ate dinner at a nice restaurant, ordering dishes recommended by the restaurant owner. The food was delicious, and quite different than the northern Thai food we are used to in Chiang Mai. Then we sat outside at the market to listen to some live music. The lead singer asked us where we were from in the microphone and after welcoming us, played a song "special for us!" They played two John Denver tunes, Leaving On A Jet Plane and Country Roads and when they played Country Roads they even gave us the microphone, and since Jack and Eric knew all the words, they were the stars and impressed the crowd with their sweet voices.

Today we slept in before trying out a new restaurant for brunch. The town of Nan has not really been discovered by tourists yet, and so far I've only seen about 3 other foreigners. Most restaurants don't have English on their menus, so we either choose a picture of a dish that looks good, or ask our waitress what her favorite dish is. We lucked out this morning and had some great noodles with soup, that was a bit spicy. For dessert we were offered some coconut jello-like treat that was pretty tasty. But then we were offered what we thought was going to be another sweet treat, but turned out to be something made with pork and had a very strange consistency. Eric had a hard time keeping it down with a straight face until our waitress walked away. We found a coffee shop after where we cooled off a little in the air conditioning before biking to a nearby temple called Wat Phra That Chae Haeng. This is the most sacred temple in Nan Province and parts of it were first constructed in 1355.

After exploring we ended our day with an hour long Thai massage. I'm sad that it might have been my last massage in Thailand. I will definitely be missing $5 massages when I'm back home.