Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Thailand!

Spent a few days in sunny Chiang Mai with the fam. Very cool trip. The massages were so, SO cheap (120 baht an hour = less than $3.50) but the food was too, TOO spicy. We tried to order Thai iced tea at every meal but they looked puzzled by our request every single time. Maybe to the Thai it's simply called iced tea. And maybe pad Thai is just pad.

Lemongrass tea:


Pad Thai served as an omelette:


We could not get enough of this rice! After grilling, the rice cake has an extra crispy yet chewy texture that is to die for! And for someone who doesn't like rice, I give this a thumbs up.

Sweet coconut milk with chewy jelly and fruit:


University girls still have to wear uniforms...I doubt the boys are complaining.
Around the hotel...




Dinner and performances at night...

Not a drop of alcohol consumed!

Maesa elephant camp, the only camp in Thailand.






Elephant paintings sell for between $50 and $90 each. These animals make some serious dough.



Banana roti at the night bazaar:


This has absolutely nothing to do with anything except that the made-to-order waffles were phenomenal and so was the nutella/mashed bananas jam that went with them. Just sayin' the waffles deserved a shout-out. That's all.

3 comments:

Becky said...

YAY! for a blog update. :) We MISS you guys. Thailand looks amazing and it sounds like you guys had a fabulous time. Thanks for sharing all your yummy pics. Now I'm hungry. :)

turi said...

I love that picture of you and Jon against the red background! So beautiful.

... and the elephant paintings and the cute hugging elephant salt & pepper shakers!

Love it!

turi said...

... and Jon's dad! haha :)