OK, lets be real with each other here. Im not even going to pretend like I'm still in NZ, like where I left off. I dropped the ball, I'm sorry. What do you wanna do? Talk about it? Nah I'm good. Lets just Jump around and not do anything in chronological order. Its more fun that way right?! keep you on your toes, so that with each entry your all like "where the hell is she right now? Is she talking about NZ? That was like months ago, I thought she was in Thailand" Deal with it girl because thats just the way it is.
So where the hell am I seriously? Im in Thailand! Chiang Mai Thailand to be super specific, its in the north west, up in the hills. I have done so much since I posted last its insane, Sydney with mom was awesome, Perth with friends was perfection, Cambodia blew my mind and here we are now.
I am so far behind I don't even know where to start so lets just talk about this week, cool?
I arrived in Chiang Mai 4 days ago, happy to be here but nursing a sore tummy I caught on my last day in Cambodia (figures). I did what every tourist should do when they get to Thailand. Stuffed my face with McDonalds at the Bangkok airport (because thats what a sore tummy really needs).
Then as soon as I got to Chiang Mai, dropped my bags I ran to eat some Pad Thai and then get a massage. I slumped back to my guest house after having my back pounded into submission from a large thai lady. My sad, gross little guest house that I had chosen based on a recommendation and I will never ever trust that person again,ever. I suppose that by Thai backpacker standards it wasn't the worst, the people were nice, the vibe was chill and the rooms were cheap. But, I have seen the other side of the rainbow people, I have been treated too well at points in my life and it makes it that much harder to stay in a shit hole. Dang you world for showing me so many amazing things! haha just kidding world, please don't take it all away I really like it. I knew that I had to get out of there and quick. Dogs barking all night, Thai people yelling, German men talking in their normal (loud) voices and doors slamming all night. I am getting to old for this shit, I just wanted a cockroach free room with a toilet that works. That is what brought me to my current location, the best place in all of Chiang Mai, Green Tiger House. This place is amaze-balls, yummy vegetarian food, a pool, fluffy beds and AC in the room. So happy now my whole mood has changed. Anyways, what else have I done in Chiang Mai? I have done tons of walking around and checking out temples. Big huge beautiful gold temples, surrounded by monks and reeking of beautiful flowers and incense.
Other really cool things I have done is gone to the night market, where I did some major damage and bought lots of gifts. I went and checked out the long neck (karen) village. That was pretty neat, until I found out that they mostly just do it for tourism now.
My tuk tuk driver also took me to a monkey show. During witch I only lasted about 4 min before running out crying. Those poor little monkey are treated like crap and I recommend that no one ever goes to a monkey show.
Then he took me to an enchanting orchid farm to cheer me up. Mr. Tong was feeling very bad for me after my break down.
The highlight of the day was Tiger Kingdom! A place that tigers and people get to hang out all in the same cage. I am still a bit wishy washy on how I feel about this place. But Im glad that I went to see if for myself. These tigers are not chained and they say they are also not drugged . They are very calm around all the visitors and seem to perk up a bit in order to play with their handlers. All of the tigers here have either been born in captivity, brought tot he center by people who's pets got too big (as tigers do DUH) or cubs that were found after the mother was killed by poachers. They are trained from a young age to interact with people and people are trained on how to interact with them. I bought my ticket thinking about how fun it was going to be, no fear at all. Then I singed my life away in a statement that says "dude, its a wild animal you can die and its not our fault" and the fear washed over me. Stepping in the cage I almost threw up. The handler kept saying "It's OK lady, no worries" and as every one knows that when someone says not to worry you only worry more. So I sat next to a few tigers in a couple different cages. Got some cool pictures to show off and left feeling nervous and confused. Are the tigers really treated well? How many people have died there? What do they eat?! Those cats were huge! After searching the internet for hours I didn't really find anything bad about tiger kingdom. I think that everyone else is just as on the fence about it as I am.
The photos look awesome though….
That brings up to today, I got another massage and walked around for hours checking out temples and buying presents. All fallowed by some red curry and a dip in the pool. Feeling relaxed and refreshed. Ready fro some more adventure all leading me back home!
MIss you all
xoxo
Oh I almost forgot, I also did a really cool cooking class. You can now address me a master chef Kellett or green curry queen. And no, I will not cook it for you, my recipe is so secret that I cant even let you taste it. Or it could be that I cant remember how to. But, I will make you spring rolls, as long as someone else fries it for me (that part scares me).
That is a lot of tigers!!!!
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