The first day in Chiang Mai we visited some temples in town, had lunch and then went to several "craft" industries in town. We went to a teak wood factory, a silver jewelry factory, thai silk factory, lacqer ware factory, paper umbrella factory.... all with a handy dandy gift shop attached. The coolest part was seeing how they made things. At the teak wood place they let the kids try carving... banging things was just up Teac's alley.