On one of our last days in Chiang Mai, we were invited to visit a holy cave and soak in some nearby hotsprings. With a generous local as our guide, we didn’t hesitate to say YES (much of traveling is being in the flow of saying ‘yes’). The cave, empty at 9am, contained two Buddha statues and a huge Shiva lingam. A lingam is a oval shaped rock of any size which is a phallic representation of Shiva (the Hindu diety which represents the Divine male principle and destroys the illusion of attachments). This lingam was a natural creation and rose from the floor of the cave, reaching 70 feet high. We chanted to the sacred moment in the otherwise silent, empty cave, which was also perfect body temperature. I could have spent hours in there… After that sublime experience, we soaked our bones at Sankampang hot springs, with some pools hot enough to boil eggs in. As we ate quail eggs dipped in soy sauce, I thought of my lovely friend, Denisse in Puerto Rico, with whom I last shared the egg experience in 2002. Lots of love to you and Biera, Deni!
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