Chiang Mai Thailand

During our first week in Thailand we have ridden elephants, trekked through the hills, rafted, toured many of the handy craft factories, patted tigers, took a cooking class, and shopped in the street markets!! Wow, we are loving it. I think we have taken more pictures in one week than we normally do in a month. We have definitely been doing the tourist route so far and it is well paved. Our guest house which cost $6 a night has arranged all of these activities for us. We have met a lot of other travelers and it is fun to hear their stories about their travels. It makes me realize just how much of the world there is to see!

Today we plan to get a bit of exercise after all of our Thai eating and bike around the city. Maybe we will see more the Thai culture! We will have to be sure to wear pants and no tank tops to get into the temples which will be a bit hot in this weather but worth it to get a glimpse.

Getting ready to cook the soup. One of the seven courses we cooked. ( I think the apron makes my head look too big. Don't you??)

Rob getting his fitting for a custom made suit. It is really quite a cool experience to pick out exactly what you want. Tonight we will get the finished product! (Man I look good!)

Don't we look like a happy trio? This tiger is 17 months old and actually has his eyes open! (we didn't include the picture of Rob being mauled)
Getting ready to feed our elephant, getting some calories for our ride. Latter in the walk, our elephant and anouther would eat and entire bannana tree!

Chinese New Year was Feb 14th this year. It is the year of the tiger. We were on our way to breakfast and happened upon the parade! Good Luck

Up on top of an elephant. I was sitting on the neck during the video. Not as comfortable as the seat so I soon moved back to where Rob is sitting.