This heart-warming picture of Chiang Mai is unique. It presents the love between Gerry and Khanitha and the deep love both felt for their home. Gerry did not leave the world; he brought it with him into Chiang Mai. To the many who knew and loved him, Gerry is celebrated as one of those foreigners who came closest to understanding the magical attraction of a unique city, culture and kingdom, and the place for himself in Chiang Mai, in Buddhism, in the world. Gerry happily succumbed to the charms of his adopted land and love. Khanitha is the microcosm of Chiang Mai, as Chiang Mai is a microcosm of a world that now exists under new wrapping. Today, the visitor to this modern city who wants to understand its spirit as Gerry understood it can take no better guide than this book, Gerry's posthumous gift to the land he loved and became part of forever. This book touches at the essence and the heart of those places and feelings which are Chiang Mai and in doing so becomes a bridge for all who care to cross into the enchantment of eternity. Illustrated