"Vacation"

Sooo….I’ve been on “vacation”. Haha, how silly to think of this as vacation, because the 3 weeks of training wasn’t exactly work. Oh well, right now we are all vacationing before our school starts.

I figured I’d write a little post while Timmy naps, just to give you guys something to let you know I am alive and STILL loving this country.

We ended our class on 22/4 and then Tim and I headed out to Korat to spend Ian’s birthday with him. Once in Korat, we celebrated the American way - a night of drinking!!! Ian even found Jager Bombs!!

Once we left Korat we headed up to Chiang Mai to spend what we thought would be a few days…ha! We got to Chiang Mai and checked into Julie’s Guesthouse. While there we went on trekking adventures that involved elephant riding (FINALLY!!!), hiking, waterfall swimming, bamboo rafting, and white water rafting. A full day of fun!

We then headed out of Chiang Mai to head to Pai - which is nothing more than a village founded by backpackers - FOR backpackers. So it was an AMAZING place! We rented scooters and took them to the waterfalls, hot springs, and just rode around the gorgeous countryside.

We returned back to Chiang Mai after 2 days in Pai and met up with some friends from our class and decided to spend a few more days. We did a full day cooking class - we now know how to make friend rice, different curries, desserts, etc. Between Tim and me, we can make 13 Thai dishes! They tasted so great, I can’t wait to try them out back home.

Then we did a 2 day trek - which involved a LOT of hiking. Turns out I’m not the biggest fan of hiking But we got to ride elephants again (and play with a baby elephant - I was taller than he was!) and do some more bamboo rafting.

*During the hike, my hair got infested with Giant Fire Ants and Timmy had to go through and pick them out while they were biting my scalp. Imagine a HORRIBLY PAINFUL case of lice. Yeah, not fun!

Today we are planning on going to the Tiger farm to play with tigers

So now you know that we are THOROUGHLY enjoying our vacation time - but we ARE looking forward to working so we can start getting paychecks!!!

Hope you all are enjoying the pictures!

Sawasdee Kha!
Apes