(Long neck villager weaving and little boy copying his grandfather)
Today was golf tournament day for Gary, which led to Dave and I going on a little trip to Mae Rim (just north of Chiang Mai) with a woman named JJ. She took us to a village where long neck women live, you really have to see this for it to be explained. This particular village is really a tourist attraction, we called it "the people zoo". It was interesting and we learned some things, but it came at the cost of a large "donation" to support these people. Afterwards we went to the snake farm, where multiple cobras and reticulated pythons were out of their cage for all to see. I held some of the snakes and kept my distance from one python which continously bit at its cage.
In the afternoon we headed to the animal zoo, Chiang Mai Zoo. It was quite a lovely place where all the animal exhibits were scattered up Doi Suthep mountain. We realized quickly that we were the only people walking around the zoo, where others rented motorbikes at the entrance or drove. Lots of gardens, beautiful views of Chiang Mai and a large Aquarium currently in construction which looks incredible. On the way home I slipped in a $2/30minute foot massage on the street before we went out for dinner with Gary, Somsee and Gary's friend.
3 comments:
What an interesting village....I have always been intrigued by this type of phenomenah (sp?) no spell check here so....
That monkey ass picture is awesome!!
Hopefully after the possession the old woman decided to leave the building 'cause otherwise I bet you didn't get much sleep Dave. Jen's just a wee bit timid of otherworldly spirits.
Now as for the snakes, no problem!
Mom
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