Sorry we've gotten a little behind on our posts- we were traveling for two days and are now in Luang Prabang, Laos and Brian got the worst of this stomach bug, so he's laid up- Anways, you just get me for now- But Laos will be later- I'll fill you in on Chaing Mai-
Chaing Mai is one of the friendliest places I have ever been- which is saying a lot, because for the most part, Thailand has been super friendly, but Chaing Mai takes the cake! Brian and I were fly paper for the passing Thai who wanted to share with us his/her life story. Every time we would step out of our little guesthouse (which was amazing by the way- Thaphae Garden Guesthouse) we would be immediately stopped by someone who had a relative in the states- they would talk to us, then take our map out and draw everywhere/thing that we just HAD to see- this was awesome the first time it happened, but we were getting stopped every block and every block they wanted us to pull out our map- so by the end of our day our map was one black scribbled mess. The best was when fellow Chinese tourists stopped us and tried to figure out where we were going and if we needed anything and then the wife (shouting in Chinese at her husband) decided that they were going to bring us to a restaurant, so we follow them and they sit us down in and talk to the waiters and set us up and then, just when we thought they were sitting with us they smile and leave- I couldn't imagine the equivalent happening in the states- someone leading you to your neighborhood Applebees, seating you and then telling the waiter to look after you- that would be Awesome (well maybe minus the Applebees in this scenario).
Chaing Mai is one of the friendliest places I have ever been- which is saying a lot, because for the most part, Thailand has been super friendly, but Chaing Mai takes the cake! Brian and I were fly paper for the passing Thai who wanted to share with us his/her life story. Every time we would step out of our little guesthouse (which was amazing by the way- Thaphae Garden Guesthouse) we would be immediately stopped by someone who had a relative in the states- they would talk to us, then take our map out and draw everywhere/thing that we just HAD to see- this was awesome the first time it happened, but we were getting stopped every block and every block they wanted us to pull out our map- so by the end of our day our map was one black scribbled mess. The best was when fellow Chinese tourists stopped us and tried to figure out where we were going and if we needed anything and then the wife (shouting in Chinese at her husband) decided that they were going to bring us to a restaurant, so we follow them and they sit us down in and talk to the waiters and set us up and then, just when we thought they were sitting with us they smile and leave- I couldn't imagine the equivalent happening in the states- someone leading you to your neighborhood Applebees, seating you and then telling the waiter to look after you- that would be Awesome (well maybe minus the Applebees in this scenario).
Hmm....what else....
In Chaing Mai trekking is a big deal because it is surrounded by jungle and hill tribes- so we went on a day long trek that involved elephant riding, trekking to a Karen village (that's one of I think 5 hill tribes in Thailand) and then a bamboo raft float trip- it was definitely a well-loved tourist route, but to us it was all authentic because Seattle doesn't offer much in the way of hill tribes, elephants, or bamboo rafts- although we are totally making a bamboo raft to float in Leavenworth- it would be perfect!
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