{"id":808,"date":"2011-07-06T19:24:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T03:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/?p=808"},"modified":"2011-07-06T21:15:28","modified_gmt":"2011-07-07T05:15:28","slug":"july-6th-elephant-trekking-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/?p=808","title":{"rendered":"July 6th–elephant trekking etc"},"content":{"rendered":"

So today was a full day…we were up, done with breakfast and at the temple to meet Riam (our favourite ChiangMai tour guide) by 10:15am. After catching up, we talked about what fun things we might want to do…Sketched out the next few days and then decided to go to Mae Tang Elephant Park. We went there 2 years ago, but it was a great time–so decided to go again. Probably got a little too much sun today…but what else is new?<\/p>\n

Here we are waiting for elephant show to begin…<\/p>\n

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Jackie–Suda is still there painting away : )
\nI wanted to buy her picture–but restrained myself…We did give her extra treats though–she is 6 years old now!!<\/p>\n

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Here is BK and Russ riding their elephant…That water looked VERY refreshing–pretty sure it made the elephants happy!<\/p>\n

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After the elephant trek–we rode in an Ox cart back to the camp. BK was given the reins and she drove the ox most of the way actually…She did a good job given the major differences between driving an ox cart and say, driving Carmen!<\/p>\n

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After the ox cart brought us back to camp–we went down to the river and got on a bamboo raft for a relaxing leisurely float down the river.<\/p>\n

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This one was before goofy hats…<\/p>\n

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and this one was after…<\/p>\n

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Then–lord help us–they let the kids steer the raft for a bit!! Russ went first…He may have a future in this actually : )
\nLooks very professional…<\/p>\n

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Then BK went–the raft went a little off course in the transition between drivers….but it was quickly fixed and we were back on track.<\/p>\n

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On the way back to ChiangMai from Mae Tang…we went to Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep Rajvoravihara. It is a very special temple way up high on a mountain near ChiangMai that has over 300 steps to get inside. The view of the city from here is fantastic…and the temple itself is gorgeous…all gold. See Troy’s blog for pictures of the view and the temple itself.<\/p>\n

The only pictures I actually took were when we were playing this game with some sticks to see what your personal Ancient Chinese Prophecy is. You shake the box of sticks until just one falls out, it has a number on it that you then go to the wall and pull the slip of paper with the same number. Mine said (and I am NOT making this up!) “The 9th number tells that you should not go away”. So what do you think of that?? Sounds like a sign to me…<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn had a little trouble getting just one stick to fall out–but she eventually got it…<\/p>\n

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After all this we stopped in town and BK and Russ booked their Thai cooking class. Can’t wait for them to learn all about it. This is BK’s second class now–so no excuse for her to not be cooking Thai at home all the time now…<\/p>\n

We ended up up going back to Ginny’s Place for supper–just can not beat their food for quality and price–and we stayed and chatted with Capt Bob for a couple hours. It was nice to see and talk with someone from back home…he has lived in Thailand for 8 years now–but was originally from our neck of the woods (Bellevue)…<\/p>\n

TTFN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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