..And an appropriate point to take a sidebar and discuss "the Ethics of Mileage Running" (not necessarily that different from "The Ethics of Madness" with apologies to Larry Niven). Obviously, if I had known how busy this route was going to be on the Friday before Chinese New Year, I'd never have considered doing a mileage run today, however, when I booked, the filghts still looked fairly open. Normally, mileage runners are filling up seats that would otherwise be empty, and effectively causing little harm to anyone (and a bit of amusement for the airline staff) but when the flights you are on are full, you have to start thinking what effect you are having on the people around you - the ones who actually NEED to get to the places they are going! I was glad to find empty seats in the rear business cabin on this flight (around 11 of them, actually) and this shows that whatever effect my 4 flights may have had today, everyone who needed to fly between Bangkok and Chiang Mai today managed to do it. Indeed, given that Thai cancelled my original bookings, a few of them may even have been able to do it earlier than they had planned. It does however remind us that as Frequent Flyers, we do still need to be aware of the needs of our fellow passengers, and consider the effect we may be having!

And, the morning after the night before! Buffet breakfast in the main restaurant at the Sheraton Chiang Mai.

...and that's Willards idea of a good breakfast!

And it's time for some sightseeing in Chaing Mai, on this, our last day before we fly back. Here is Willard at Wat Maharam, just outside the Thapae Gate.

And we carried on through the gate, and walked down Ratcha-Damneon Road, and had a walk round Wat Phra Singh, pretty much the centre of Chaing Mai.