Thailand
Chaing Mai ~ Day 5
HOT HOT HOT 99F 100% HUMIDITY
We got picked up early and drove out to an elephant training camp. We paid for a 1 hour ride on an elephant, which was wonderful and the scariest thing I have ever done. Its muddy from rain and they make this elephant climb up and down 45 degree inclines with 3 people. We kept thinking it was going to go over ass over tea kettle…… and crush us comically into the deep mud.
Here we are heading out for a very uncomfortable 30 minutes
They also had a show that showed how elephants were used in the Teak plantations that made Thailand famous (no more forestry, they are ecologically very protective in Thailand).
An elephant just sitting
Part of the show, the elephants take a bath
Then we went to a hydroponic Orchid Farm that was cool it also had butterflies and moths.
A huge moth from the orchid farm
A lovely flower
Then a Wat with 2,000 stairs up a mountain. It was amazing, the Wat was so nice and the views of Chaing Mai below and the mountains was wonderful.
The start of 2,000 steps with the snake dragon banister
The golden Chedi at the top of the hill
Me in the lovely borrowed trousers
Angela with Chaing Mai below
We then got dropped off in town and ate lunch at a wonderful place that also sold deep fried insects (we did not partake).
That night we went to the town’s night market and another nice restaurant on the river and had fish…
Then to a pub for the world cup (huge there) and beerssss… we drank lots of nice Thai beer and more than 8 litters of water a day because it was sooo HOT.