Week 11

Week 11

Where We Went: Chiang Mai + Chiang Rai

Funniest Thing We Did: The check came with “candy”.  Two cough drops.  

Craziest Thing We Did: Hike to the top of a mountain through a crazy jungle.  See bird sized spider below.

Best Thing We Did: Elephant Jungle Sanctuary.  Getting to feed, play with and bathe 10 elephants including a 3 month old and 3 year old was amazing.  Also, bucket list item of attending Loy Krathong/Yi Peng Lantern festival.  It’s the night of the full moon and while lit “floating baskets” adorned with flowers float away with your regrets, lanterns rise into the sky carrying your hopes and wishes!  Gorgeous!

Tastiest Thing We Did: Lunch at Barrab, a northern Thai restaurant with one of the best meals we’ve had on our entire trip.  

Dumbest Thing We Did: A huge load of laundry with fabric softener (we think)!  All the clothes wreak and we have to rewash them now.

Coolest thing we Learned: How to drive/ride a motorbike in Asia.

Biggest Surprise: Octopus Pizza.  Be cautious when ordering a “combo” pizza in Thailand.

Other Updates:

• A lot of seemingly weird or different things are starting to feel normal.  People picking their nose, taking our socks off before walking in the bathroom because the floor is wet (from the shower), waving over the waiter every time you need something, rice, noodles, repeat.  
• We are loving our trip and falling into our own roles: Chelsea packs/unpacks the toiletries, Adam plugs/unplugs all the electronics!  May sound weird but these are really the only household/moving/travel duties we have.