One of the Cats at the Monastary at Doi Suthep.
Beautiful scene inside a Temple in Chiang Mai.
A Monk overlooking Chiang Mai...at Doi SuthepChiang Mai is such a great place. Its got all the city feel of Bangkok without the horrific traffic and oppressive heat of the city. Plus it's nearer to the mountains, which is a nice reminder of home. (even if the snakes are super deadly and the tigers are not caged)
We have arranged a 3 day jungle trek with elephants to a hill-tribe jungle village near Myanmar and China! I met a guy in Bangkok at the guest house we were staying at and he used to be a guide for them. T.I.C. Travel in Chiang Mai...in case anything happens! It should be fine, it's actually a very common thing to do while in the Golden Triangle area...I cant wait!
Weekends are filled with Markets and Bazzar's and good food, so Tonight we will venture off to the southern tip of the city to see the local silver smiths doing what they have done in the region for 100's of years!
I could live in Ching Mai, but Juno would not fare as well. It's just too hot for northern dogs here. The dogs that DO live here are small and super short haired. They lay in the gutters and in the side streets waiting for the shadows to cover them so they can sleep! Life in Chiang Mai will just have to wait for some other reincarnation of life!
4 comments:
Hi James!
I'm so glad you are doing such a good job keeping up on your blog - I'm embarrassed as mine is updated much less often and I am here in Denver, not riding elephants and meeting monks! I just love reading about all of your amazing adventures and am so happy for you! It sounds like you are enjoying yourself, see a lot and experiencing even more. You're not missing much here, except $2.79/gallon gas (who would have thought we'd ever be excited about that!), a bit of cold weather and rain (no snow yet...), and endless political advertisements (argh, I can't wait for them to be over!). Missing you tons but am more glad that you are have taken this amazing trip! Will continue to read and look forward to more posts! Until then...Heidi B
Hi!!! I want that kitty!! How cute?!!!! And Heidi couldn't have said it better, you're not missing anything but lowered gas prices and annoying Marilyn Musgrave advertisements...argggg is right!! You sound like you are on the journey of your life and it's bringing you joy and happiness, which makes me happy! And yay for your ninja blogging skills, I'm impressed! XOXO
very cool stuff about China man! I have always wanted to visit and with the excellent pictures you are taking it makes me want to go even more. Hey, while you are over there you should look up my friend Jiang Wang, he's a pretty cool dude, or just find that girl Suki...she was a pretty good dancer i remember but her english was horrible. Keep taking those awesome pictures man!
I just thought of the stupidest relation to the name of your blog and an american movie from the 90's. See if you can catch the line "This does not make the ribizohms happy"...sorry for that bit...its 10pm here and I am trying to get excited about printing off 350 newsletters. Your blog is super entertaining Jamie, but when I have to add the paper into the printer my mind wanders a bit...hahah.
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