It's good to see nature again.

So I am out of VP tower and Bangkok in general. I was really sad to move out, I got use to having a "home" over here, and now that is gone. Now its for hostels until I get a family in China.

I spent Monday, getting up early and moving out of VP, then did some mall adventures. Mostly to buy a new suitcase since I have way too much crap, and to get in some AC. The silly hostel in Bangkok only turns on the AC at night, which made it unbearable to be in there during the day. So Paragon it was. I think overall though, I wasn't use to all this activity and being outside in the city, I got really dehydrated. I felt like crap Monday, and then again on Tuesday. Tuesday was spent seeing the big sights in Bangkok again since one of the girls from the LE program met up with me to travel, and had never seen Bangkok. It was good to see the grand Palace and such again one last time, it reminded me of the parts of Bangkok I loved. But everything I kept comparing over to Rang Nam, I never knew I enjoyed that so much.


Wednesday, or yesterday I guess, we left for Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai is so drastically different from Bangkok. It seems a million times smaller, and is still the second largest city in the country. There's canals and greenery everywhere. The streets are lined with shops and restaurants. This is tourist friendly city, you can walk around much easier than in Bangkok. We took a taxi ride out to a tiger place for lunch yesterday, you get to eat lunch watching tigers play and then can pay to go play with the cubs. We did, of course. The cubs really just wanted to sleep, until he decided purses made good toys. It was fun, I don't think I will ever get tired of seeing tigers. At night we went out to a Khantoke show, which was traditional thai food and dance. It was good to see that aspect of the culture.

Today we went on a "safari". In the pouring rain. So we rode elephants, rode an ox cart, saw an elephant show, rode bamboo rafts and then went to an orchid farm. I really had a good day, it was much better than my previous 30 minute elephant encounter. And the bus ride wasnt all that long, which is always a plus. Now I'm exhausted though. Time for a nap, dinner and then I think we are going to go to the Muay Thai show tonight.