Day 1 : Arrival at Chiang Mai airport, meeting our tour guide Xiao Hong, thai of yunnan descendents, able to speak fluent mandarin ..
First stop, headed to a temple on a high hill. Coincidently, it was the emperor's birthday. Yes, i haven typed wrongly, you thought emperors were only on Tv, but above is truely the emperor and emperess of Thailand.
Found this lovely-looking golden tortise in the vicinity of the temple. In Chiang Mai, 90% of them are buddhist...
And next we headed to our hotel, this very fine looking 4-star hotel that is majestic. Rooms were spacious with luxurious lobby and walkways ...
Inside our tour package was this gala dinner since it was the eve of the new year. 2000 baht per head !!! Countdown dinner with central stage and performances...
We had this bottle of red wine for a starter. Only $40 bucks !!! Quite cheap considering a hotel standard !!! There were approximately a hundred tables !!!
Delicious looking BBQ porks !!! oink oink oink !!!
Nice looking pastries also available ~~
Fresh seafood with a choice of BBQ or steam !!! Prawns were fresh and gigantic ~~ yummy :)
There were sushi and sashimi available though we didnt try for fear of tummy ache ..
Day 2 : Embarked on our tour to this famous hot spring. Water is over 70 degrees, cant enter for a soak ... However this intersting thais came up with the cooking of what they call " fountain eggs". Thus, we bought a basket to cook, eggs were fresh and delicious :0
Look at the smoke behind us, staying near the hot spring were comfortable as the weather was rather cold !! grrr ...
Next, we came to a village where several tribes were housed for some performances and viewing to see how these tribes of chiang mai live...
Haa, walking is not easy for the young and old. So i guessed they were thoughful to provide walking sticks ~~
This is their see-saw ... emm they swing much much higher though !!
Taking photo with one of the tribes, forgot the name though ..
I remembered this tribe though... Look at all their ears ~~ The "Big Ear" Tribe !!!
This is what many of us have seen on Discovery. The "Long neck" Tribe!! We took a pic with e prettiest lady in their tribe, ie e longest neck !!! However, having that 5KG thingy round the neck is not easy though ...
Next, we went to the Golden Traingle, the borders of Thailand linking to Laos and Burma.. We even had the chance to visit this small town in Laos and shop at the most Northen part of Thailand, a bridge away from Burma...
Day 3 : Visited the orchid farm .. Haiyo but they dunno thats our national flowers and the vast variety we have in Singapore. keke ...
Went to the zoo and had this close encounter with some elephants ..
Amazing !!! Couldnt believe my eyes ...
Ox cart ... rather rocky ride ... Had the elephant ride of course before this ~~
