We promised we would catch up, so here we go! Please check some of our older posts as we have added some pictures to them to spice things up a little.
After we left the elementary school near the Hmong village, we took a ride to a nearby monkey farm. Yes, it actually was a monkey farm. You could feed the monkeys fruit or sit and have the monkey come play on your lap. Jillian was slightly petrified. Ari was in heaven.
We played with the monkeys (who played with themselves) but the funniest part of it all was that the monkey farm was run entirely by lady-boys and we were the only non-Muslims visiting it!
Take a moment to digest that sentence; reread it if necessary. Imagine the surreal scene: a monkey lifts weights, in front of an audience full of women wearing birkas, with an overweight Thai lady boy cheering the monkey on in Arabic and calling him 'honey'. Reread that sentence too. Take a deep breath, we are moving on. The monkeys were very talented.
Take another deep breath.
After the monkey farm we had a little more wholesome fun at the orchid farm. We walked through aisles and aisles of beautiful orchids, in all different colors, shapes, and sizes. We have seen orchids growing in a number of places in Asia, and they are generally in hanging pots with holes and their roots streaming through.
After an obligatory dose of ice cream, we climbed back into the van and headed to the airport for a flight from Chiang Mai to Sukothai.
The pictures pretty much sum up the day- not a whole lot more needs to be said.
Lots of love,
Ari and Jillian
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