On the day of the Lunar New Year we went to the mountains north of Chiang Mai, to visit the „thousand steps temple“, Doi Suthep, and a research center/cherry blossom garden, Khun Changkhian. To catch the morning light for our photo, we got up really early and went to the city’s zoo. There we found the (un?)official songthaew station where a price chart with destination name and photo convinced us we’re at the right place! A winding, dusty road brought us to the foot of the temple – the rest is just a few stairs up to the temple. Another hour on another dusty road brought us to the research center: