Chiang Mai: Part 2

After the first few days flew by in Chiang Mai, our next activity was a Thai cooking class. We thought taking this course would be a great idea because we could take a little bit of Thailand back home with the food we will learn to cook! We each chose opposite dishes from each other, and learned to cook 8 different Thai style dishes all together. After our class we darted over to the night bazaar to see the LadyBoy Cabaret show that everyone was ranting about. Upon finding the venue, Kendal was extremely excited but I was extremely hesitant towards this whole idea and experience... she didn't have to worry about the lady boys checking her out! Haha But after the show began they were actually very impressive dancers lip sinking to brittney spears and everything! After the show, I gave it two thumbs up!
The next day we arranged for a tuk tuk to take us up to the longneck and big ear tribes of Thailand, as refugees from Burma, they ended up in Northern Thailand. Seeing this tribe was unbelievable! The rings around their necks and knees were extremely heavy. The girls of the tribe begin to get rings put on when they turn 5 years old. Some of the older ladies had 25 and 26 rings around their neck which weighed up to 20 lbs! After we visited this village we were told to go see a monkey show also, which was also very impressive! The trainers would mix up cards counting 1 through 9 and the monkey could grab whatever card number the crowd shouted for. The monkeys also knew how to play basketball very well, with one guest from the audience shooting 2 out 3 free throws in the monkey sank all 3.
The next day we rented a motorbike and ripped around the city with it. With no idea how traffic works here we braved the worst and set out on our adventure only to find out that this city has too many one way streets! And with no warnings about them at all, keeping in mind that in Thailand they drive on the opposite side of the road! After driving around we found a Chinese doctors office which caught Kendal's eye very quickly, so stopping in quickly to take a peak, Kendal had an appointment within two seconds. Afterwards we decided to drive around the city square and look for cool little shops, getting tired quick and the sun going down all of a sudden millions of moths came out of no where and we found ourselves trying to drive on this motorcycle and hold our breath while getting nailed in the face moth after moth! Returning back safely we packed our bags as for tomorrow Bangkok would be our next stop!
-Jeremy