Sunday, February 10, 2008

Back to Thailand... Time for Chiang Mai.

After Cambodia, Jason and I headed up to Northern Thailand, which was a lot of fun. We saw fewer temples and had a great time... here's a few of the highlights.

Elephants. We couldn't go to Thailand and not see and ride an elephant. We rented a scooter and were on our way. Maesa Elephant Camp was our first stop. Turns out elephants can paint, dance, make music, play soccer... you name it, they can do it... Though the one we rode was a bit stubborn, all in all loads of fun.

We got to see some of the country side on our scooter and it was beautiful, as you can see.

Our failed attempt to find a tribal village landed us in small Thai village. Jason took a great photo of this older woman, she was quite amazing. Once again, we found the kids (that seemed to happen a lot). They were quite excited to be bouncing up and down on some elevated plywood... perhaps their makeshift trampoline... and loved getting their pictures taken.

Lastly, we have the monkey school... they train orphan monkeys to do all sorts of things, like weight lift or ride a bike with an umbrella, I bet they do that in the wild. Jason looks like he could fit right in there, haha, except he's much better looking than the monkeys. And we found that little monkeys want candy just as much as little children do - this little guy tried stealing it from Jason.

And that's all the photos of this trip I'm going to toss up. There are many, many more, but these are among the best and tell the story. There will be more photos of other crazy adventures to come. Thanks for checking out my blog though, hope you like the sites or find it interesting in some way. Ciao.

3 Comments:

  1. Kristen said...
    Hey there friend, maybe this is more fit for email, so you can email me back, but how close of a friend is Jason? I know we don't talk often, but how do I not know about him? Looks like you had a blast. My little bro in law is jealous of the riding on the elephants.
    carrie said...
    what an adventure you're having! i cannot tell you how absolulely positively green with jealousy i am! at least it's my favorite color. but i'm also a bit terrified at the thought of traveling abroad as well so i am really happy to live vicarously through you and love, love, love all the pics and travelogue! keep up the blogging girl!

    love you tons!
    Anonymous said...
    Meg! This is Sista Iverson!! What an adventure you're having!! So are you on your way home? Who is Jason, and like the Madsons said, I'm curious:)
    You are so beautiful, you look soo happy,We're glad for you!
    Nicole and Andy

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