There's an ongoing 24/7 sidewalk display, of several caskets varying in quality, size, etc. in front of an open walk-in "coffin shop" on the street that bounds the north side of the moat in the old city. 
The woman in the first photo is selling local drinks; you can see the young coconuts sitting on the blue shelf, filled with "green" coconut milk and soft pulp. The second pic is woman making banana pancakes, a favorite of Thais and foreigners.
This of one of countless sidewalk entrepeneurs in the old city. You can get your sandals fixed, your clothes patched, your backpack mended or whatever - while you wait or return the next day. You can get fresh-squeezed orange or carrot juice, home-made ice-cream, lottery tickets, cappucino, and buddha amulets. And there are hundreds of motorcycle repair shops that operate out of their own garage that extends out to the sidewalk while they live their homes attached to the shop. I am always amazed at the ingenuity of the Thai (necessity being the MOI) and their ability to repair what would be tossed aside in the US. A neighbor in Chiang Mai just dropped his television remote off at a nearby sidewalk fixit guy and had it repaired for under a dollar. The same remote control would have just been thrown away at home.
This is a photo that Trudi took of a child sleeping on a bench. If you click on the image, you will be able to view it better. I love this photo.
This was one of my favorite coffee shops last year and I still like it but there's a new owner and the personality of the place has changed. [Plus they no longer sell bagels, but they do have free wireless so that's a plus.) If you are hungry, you can order almost any thai food and the order is taken across the street to a small shop. I often have stir-fried veggies and chicken for about 75 cents.
The old brick Chedi Luang used to be 90 meters high before it was partly destroyed in an earthquake in 1545; it was the tallest structure in Chiang Mai for over 500 years. It's now about 60 meters high. The other gold-leaf chedi is brand new, just built to replace the old brick one that collapsed after heavy rains two years ago. There is a niche on each side of the chedi, housing a 3 foot high Buddha. The wat now has a very elaborate tiled courtyard with cornerstone ornaments. And there are dozens of tables used often by thais and falangs tutoring one another. This is right acreoss from the AUA library.
I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. - Hilaire Belloc
