I went to Chiang Mai two days after daddy got here. I am telling you about it now because I was so tired and busy after I got back.
Wednesday Jan. 13th
I went to Chiang Mai on a plane today. Chiang Mai is still in Thailand even though we are taking a plane to get there. We got to eat at a restaurant today that had a lot of flowers and steep hills. Me and Nathan went down the steep hills holding Daddy's hand. We pretented to be falling down the hill. That was a lot of fun.
Thursday Jan. 14th
Na Yoke took us to the zoo today. I saw a real live panda. I also saw an osterich, giraffe, penguin, and got to play on a playground. The playground was a lot of fun. I got to go on a squeeky bridge, and then use a "cable car" to get to the other side of the playground. Daddy had to pull a rope to take us across. That was awesome.
I learned a sad story about why the panda has black arms and legs. It was about a little girl who died and the pandas were so sad that they put ashes on their arms and legs. Daddy said it was just a story, but I still felt sad.
Friday Jan. 15th
Today we went to the Maesa Elephant camp (http://www.maesaelephantcamp.com/). We saw a lot of elephants. They played soccer and they kicked the ball onto the roof. They did some tricks and painted pictures. One elephant painted a picture of a tree. Then we went on an elephant ride. It felt like riding a horse but there was a lot of wobbling. Daddy and Mommy fed some of the elephants but I was too scared because there were so big. A few of the big ones had horns (tusks).
In the afternoon we got to see the ruins of an 800 year old city. Daddy liked that. Khun Da (grandpa), Khun Yai (grandma), and Na Yim all arrived tonight. Tomorrow we get to go altogether.
Saturday Jan. 16th
It went to
Doi Inthanon National Park to see the highest point in Thailand. It was very high, but I didn't find a place to fall ( a good thing too -- mommy). The hot choc was very good, but I didn't choose the cold choc. It was cold there, but it wasn't that cold to snow. I didn't wear a jacket. I just wear a sweater.
We also went to see a place (two pagodas) with lots of buddha statues. If you look or went camping around that place where you are right now, you might find buddhas too. There were a lot of stairs to climb. One pagoda has 114 stairs, and the other has 116 stairs. Sometimes you use fire (lit up incense) to give to the Buddha and sometimes you use flowers ( actually you use both, but Sarah is still young, so I didn't want her to use lit up incense -- mommy).
And I went to a water fall, a REAL LIFE waterfall. It was so big, and some people went up very high to go near it. But I couldn't go because it was slippery.
Sunday January 17th
Today, we went on a very long car ride to Chiang Rai ( another city in Thailand, next to the Myanmar border ). We went to see hot water (geyser) that is shooting out from the ground. It was so hot; it could boil eggs in one minute. I knew it was hot water, and I was very very scared. I didn't want to go but I had to take pictures, so daddy protected me. I was so small so I sit in front of daddy so I won't get wet. We didn't stay for long.
After that I went to a temple that is all white (
Wat Rong Khun), but I LOVE it. You have to cross the bridge that people threw coins in to get to the white temple. I threw coins while crossing the bridge, and I want to do it again, but I lost the coins. There were white fish in the pond. And there were two buddha statues there ( just one, actually). Boy, all this talking about buddhas makes me want to see buddhas. I don't normally see buddhas, but I think I don't like to give fire (lit up incense) to buddhas. Nathan was running around and tripped on the hard stone and cried very loud. He got hurt on his lips :-(.
We also went to another country ( Myanmar, right next to Thailand ). We went to temples there too. And in one temple, Nathan was running and he almost ran into a monk. He can run into a monk and touch a monk because he is a boy. I can't because a girl can not touch a monk. But, since Nathan was gonna run into the monk, the monk will get hurt, so i grabbed his shirt. Mama was glad I did that.
Oh, and I found three buddhas that when you go close, they go in. But when you are far away, they go out. And if you go left and right, the eyes follow you. One big Buddha that didn't have that was made out of gold. And the white ones made out fo marble.
And I also went to the market at the end of the day. That day I was so so so so tired. That seems like a lot of things I could do in one day.
Monday January 18th
We woke up very early and went on a short plane ride back to Khun Da's house ( in Bangkok ). I am very tired, but I read your blog and wrote comments in them. And that's it! I miss all my friends and Joe misses us too.
