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A Healthy Dose of Adrenaline
... with each other no matter how many people were surrounding them, the idea of them being repeatedly petted and played with seemed intense but they didn't seem to mind. We felt the tigers were perfectly normal, yes sleepy but don't babies need lots of sleep too? We would definitely recommend the experience.
A few evenings were spent browsing the night markets in Chiang Mai which offered a huge range of products - tat as well as some interesting items, including ...
Chiang Mai
... Elephant Nature Park. This is one of the very few non-exploitation parks in the country. This means you don't ride the elephants and they don't perform tricks for you. Rather, you get a brief overview of what and what not to do around them, and then you go out with a guide and wander around with the animals. You can touch them (they love getting scratched and rubbed), feed them and toward the end of the day we took them down to the river to bathe them. ...
Better than Bangkok!
... becoming our favourite place due to the quirky, overly-friendly owner) where I had the most delicious museli with fruit and yoghurt followed by some Jack fruit (also yummy!) In the evening we met our new roomie, Dan from California. Once again we all wandered to the night market before hearing off for some drinks in the 'party district' of Chiang Mai. All the bars backed onto one another, so you either sat deafeningly close to the music of one ...
A Condensed Version of the Last 5 Months
... these locations, but it does take longer than a bus. We were too late to get VIP tickets, so we got 1st class which was still fine. We each got our own beds which folded down at night. We bought a few bottles of whiskey and were ready to have a good time. Around 8:30 we ordered dinner, which was about ...
In the eye of the tiger
... are said to require 18 hours of sleep every day), I had some nice photos taken by the trainer. A few of the cubs awoke after a few minutes, giving me a brief playtime with them before my time was up. I left the Tiger Kingdom with a big smile on my face. One of my lifelong goals was achieved, and it was worth every penny. The sawngthaew driver was waiting for me when I reached the parking lot, and I asked him to first bring me to the train station. I ...
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