We woke at 8 AM in anticipation for our day long Thai cooking class that we had booked before leaving SF. We were given 
strict instructions not to eat a big breakfast, but "mama," Semay's mother and Moon Dance's cook, enjoyed feeding her guests and didn't seem to take out request seriously. We got 1 western breakfast with fried eggs, ham, sausage (what we would call a mini hot dog) and oj, and one Thai breakfast of jhok, or rice porridge soup. We were picked up from our guest house at 9:30 AM and 
brough over to A Lot of Thai cooking school, a small family run school in the home of Yui, Kwan and their two kids http://www.alotofthai.com. In the car, we met our classmates, two young girls from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan who had quit their jobs to travel for 5 months, Billy, an Australian guy from Melbourne who was also on extended holiday, a family from Austria, and Mike, a young guy from New Orleans who had spent 
the last 10 months travelling as a freelance journalist. At the moment he was writing an article on cooking schools in Chiang Mai for Travel and Leisure Magazine (so cool!). The class turned out to be amazing! We each cooked six dishes: pad thai, stir fried chicken/vegetables with cashew nuts, vegetable spring rools, tom yum gung (spicy shrimp soup), chicken/vegetables in green curry, and 
sticky rice with mango. Yui, our instructor, was very sweet, knowledgeable, funny and passionate about cooking. In the middle of the class, we took a trip to the local market where Yui helped to de-mystify the local specialities. We learned about everything from local fruits and vegetables to the different kinds of rice, sauces, eggs, seafood, herbs, dessert, and so much more! This was a definitely a highlight of our class and our trip! By the 
end of the cooking class, we were so full we could hardly move. We ended the evening with an interesting 2 hour game of Chinese Checkers with Lars, Semay, Hiroshi and Marcel, an interesting Swiss guy who had a thing for Thai "lady boys," one of which we met that night - Rose. Kiran loves to share this story so I'm sure you'll more when we get back!
strict instructions not to eat a big breakfast, but "mama," Semay's mother and Moon Dance's cook, enjoyed feeding her guests and didn't seem to take out request seriously. We got 1 western breakfast with fried eggs, ham, sausage (what we would call a mini hot dog) and oj, and one Thai breakfast of jhok, or rice porridge soup. We were picked up from our guest house at 9:30 AM and 
brough over to A Lot of Thai cooking school, a small family run school in the home of Yui, Kwan and their two kids http://www.alotofthai.com. In the car, we met our classmates, two young girls from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan who had quit their jobs to travel for 5 months, Billy, an Australian guy from Melbourne who was also on extended holiday, a family from Austria, and Mike, a young guy from New Orleans who had spent 
the last 10 months travelling as a freelance journalist. At the moment he was writing an article on cooking schools in Chiang Mai for Travel and Leisure Magazine (so cool!). The class turned out to be amazing! We each cooked six dishes: pad thai, stir fried chicken/vegetables with cashew nuts, vegetable spring rools, tom yum gung (spicy shrimp soup), chicken/vegetables in green curry, and 
sticky rice with mango. Yui, our instructor, was very sweet, knowledgeable, funny and passionate about cooking. In the middle of the class, we took a trip to the local market where Yui helped to de-mystify the local specialities. We learned about everything from local fruits and vegetables to the different kinds of rice, sauces, eggs, seafood, herbs, dessert, and so much more! This was a definitely a highlight of our class and our trip! By the 
end of the cooking class, we were so full we could hardly move. We ended the evening with an interesting 2 hour game of Chinese Checkers with Lars, Semay, Hiroshi and Marcel, an interesting Swiss guy who had a thing for Thai "lady boys," one of which we met that night - Rose. Kiran loves to share this story so I'm sure you'll more when we get back! 
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Kudos on the blog guys. I don't know how you are finding time for it with all you have been up to, but nice work. The trip sounds amaing. We miss you guys. :) Enjoy the rest of the trip.
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