A day of Adventures in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Chiang Mai is the second largest city in Thailand (Bangkok is number one). Sunday 13.3 we got to experience some of the attractions the city has to offer. We went bamboo rafting, watched an elephant show, rode elephants, rode an ox cart, visited a long-neck village, played with tigers and visited an orchid park. Great adventures and I feel so lucky!! Here are some photos in random order. Notice the sporty elephants playing basketball and football and also painting pictures!










In the long-neck village there are people with Burmese ascendence. The women put rings around their throats to look pretty. They start with this when they are around 4 years old, and they don't even take them off to sleep. This woman is carrying 3 kg around her neck, while the last one is carrying 5 kg - the heaviest in the entire village. Their collarbones sink and their neck doesn't look nice if they take the rings off.




In the tigerpark we got to play with tigers that were 3-5 months old, and big tigers that were around 1 year old (the biggest ones were too dangerous, so we couldn't go in to their cage).We were told that the tigers had just been fed, and Levi, who has seen drugged tigers before, said that he was certain that these had not been drugged. It was a bit scary but at the same time very exciting!!Stine with the cute cub.
Maria with two playing/fighting cubs.
Helga with the same two.
Margrethe, the tiger and I

A little nervous...







A vegetarian?




We ended our day with a little less exciting and thrilling visit in the orchid park. Want to do the same as me? Come to Thailand!! :) Study religion! (Although I must admit that this adventure day had nothing to do with religion...)