We had another lie in this morning so it is clear that our body clocks have shifted into a different pattern. Sophie might even call me a lazy bones! We got a Tuk Tuk to 'Chiang Mai Zoo'. The zoo grounds were huge and Andrew made me walk around the place rather than get a bus like everybody else. However, there was quite a bit of shade so it wasn't too bad until we reached the steep hills at the back of the zoo. There were loads of school children there who were more than keen to shout "HELLO" at us at every given opportunity. One child even came over to Andrew to shake his hand! My favourite animal was the giraffe that came right up close to you which was a bit unnerving as, unlike in England, there wasn't a great ditch between the animal and yourself. I was a little disappointed because there were signs for meerkats but we didn't come across any. However, it was funny to listen to the strange gibbon noises as they sat staring straight at you whilst hooting away. Andrew was desperate to take one home! At one point Andrew was taking a photo of a bird of prey, so he had the camera quite close to the fencing, until I mentioned the fact that there was a large black spider in a large white web right next to his hand which was not part of the zoo display!
 
We got a songthaew outside of the zoo up to Doi Suthep, a temple complex up the side of a mountain . We took a cable car to the top rather than the tiring looking staircase that seemed never-ending. The view from the top was awesome as you could see right out across the whole of Chiang Mai. I failed at taking a photo of Andrew in front of the huge gold chedi as I cut most of the top off. So Andrew told me off again for being such a rubbish photographer! However, I had a second attempt which turned out much better, as this time I only cut his feet off! The temple grounds were beautifully decorated with various plants and flowers and a tree that grew large, green fruit that Andrew said he wished he knew the name of, which was revealed a second later as there was a sign on the other side of the tree! It was a jackfruit tree and apparently the jackfruit is the largest fruit in the world. It also has a nice aroma of rotting onions, so I think I will give that a miss in my breakfast fruit salad. We left the temple complex and decided to walk down the staircase instead of taking the cable car. It was funny watching people struggle as they walked up in the blistering heat, so I think we made the right decision when taking the cable car up . We got a BBQ corn on the cob at the bottom of the staircase, but it was smothered in salt so it wasn't really that enjoyable. We then got a songthaew down the mountain to the cafe at the end of our guesthouse street. It was B35 for a chicken burger which Andrew seemed desperate to sample. So we both ordered one, but it turned out to be more like regurgitated chicken bone rather than chicken! It was that bad that I ended up taking the "chicken" out of my bread bun and continuing to eat it as a lettuce and tomato sandwich!
 
We later strolled around the little sois and found the apparently famous Reggae Bar. We studied the map closely so that we found the Night Bazaar without fail this time! We bought an over the shoulder day bag that we had wanted since Bangkok, as I had only brought a tiny handbag. We had something to eat at 'Mango' restaurant, as it was ridiculously cheap, along with a few Changs before heading to the 'Chillout Bar' where I sampled my first cocktail of the trip. However, I stupidly chose a Margarita, which I had confused with a Cosmopolitan, so I had a nice salty drink to go with all the salty food I had eaten lately!