following are about a million photos from our little thai neighborhood outside the moat and the walled city in chiang mai. we really loved our neighborhood a lot as you may surmise from our extensive catalogue of photos. we lived within 5 minutes walk of about 4 wats, (buddhist temples). the big brick structures with saffron cloth tied around them are called "chedis". they are old and sacred and are said to contain a physical remnant of the buddha--a fingernail or a piece of hair. the little houses on pedestals are spirit houses... they are houses for spirits. some people have many of them, like our friend peppe who runs a hotel called golden cupid--she has about four spirit houses. every day offerings of food, soda pop, incense, flowers, and coconut are left at the spirit houses. thai people take very good care of their spirits!