Thailand (ChiangMai, ChiangRai) CNY Trip:

5D 4N

I missed the hotel more than anything. It is nice to wake up every morning, without having to worry about making my bed, clearing my room etc.

Went to the Elephant Camp, which was very very very interesting! I love it, although I feel quite sad that the elephants are trained this way. They are very tame animals, but very clumsy. They can play soccer, draw (beautifully, better than me) and massage! So cool, no? But we shld stop all these kind of exploitation to animals. At least the elephants are well-taken care off.

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Long Neck Karen. Very ex, 500 Bhat, approx Sgd 20++. But i think it is a very different experience. Their kind of life, their culture etc. Many people think that their neck are elongated, but actually no! It is the shoulders and ribcages being pushed down, giving people the illusion that their neck are v long! They start putting the 5 rings at age of five, slowly adding one each year, weighing up to 5.5kg of brass!

Hot spring! Bloody hot water. Cheap bird nest. Cheap food. Night market, cheap, haggle, haggle, haggle! And pretty and cheap shawls. which costs only 40-50 bhat!! Foot massage, mani/pedicure. Cold mornings, hot afternoons and ever colder nights.

AND I SAW THE MEKONG RIVER. MEKONG RIVER MEKONG RIVER.

We had lunch by the river, which is not really a fantastic sight, since the huge river was with murky water. But is nice to actually look at the Mekong River and go: hey, i know about this river! It tormented me for phy geog! (okay, maybe not to the extent of being tormented.)

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This week was a go-home-after-work-week. Quite nice actually. Save alot of money!