Last night we went to the Sunday market which was hands down the largest market I have ever been to, seen, or heard of. It is tremendous. If you are in Chiang Mai for a short time, skip the other markets and just go to this one as it has everything and more.
We also got fitted for suits and shirts which I am already having buyers remorse. We went to Supreme Collections which so far seems to be doing a good job. They are very friendly and speak english well. On the downside, we are paying twice as much as any other store we asked.
On that note, we are the worst shoppers ever, or as the Israelis here call us "Friars". We get taken advantage of all the time. We'll spend an hour bargaining over everything and then when we finally make purchases constantly check our buys at other stores selling similar wares. To say the least, we have not been doing too well. The Thai people are born for haggling and sales.
Today was the best day in Thailand so far. We rode elephants, went bamboo rafting, oxen riding, saw an elephant circus and visited (exploited) children in a village.
For a quick run down:
Elephant Riding: Awesome! Very bumpy but really cool. We even walked through a river. (The Thai people made fun of my friends weight again and made him ride on an elephant by himself (opposed to with someone else, but unfourtanetly they didn't use the pregnant line - so really it was just mean.)
Oxen Riding: Not too exciting. Reminded me of Borat.
Elephant Show: Majestic! The Elephants PAINT PICTURES, kick soccer balls, and do other tricks. We saw so many elephants today - likely over a hundred different ones.
Bamboo Raft: Was extremely relaxing and we got to look at the glorious landscape. This was exactly why we came to Northern Thailand.
Long Neck Village: Weird. We drove to this village called the Long Neck Karen village where the women wear golden rings around their necks, legs and sides from the age of 5. Their necks stretch because of it. They wear these things to protect them if a tiger tries to bite them. (I didn't ask what happens if they are bitten somewhere else.)
The weird part about the village is that it's basically a human zoo. They put about a dozen women and little girls in booths and some of the little girls were clearly pretty upset about that. We played with some of the little boys though and that was fun.
Tomorrow the plan is to go rock climbing.
Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures in the near future.
Note: I am well aware of the terrible grammer and mistakes in the blog lately. I only have a few minutes to write each day. Sorry!
We also got fitted for suits and shirts which I am already having buyers remorse. We went to Supreme Collections which so far seems to be doing a good job. They are very friendly and speak english well. On the downside, we are paying twice as much as any other store we asked.
On that note, we are the worst shoppers ever, or as the Israelis here call us "Friars". We get taken advantage of all the time. We'll spend an hour bargaining over everything and then when we finally make purchases constantly check our buys at other stores selling similar wares. To say the least, we have not been doing too well. The Thai people are born for haggling and sales.
Today was the best day in Thailand so far. We rode elephants, went bamboo rafting, oxen riding, saw an elephant circus and visited (exploited) children in a village.
For a quick run down:
Elephant Riding: Awesome! Very bumpy but really cool. We even walked through a river. (The Thai people made fun of my friends weight again and made him ride on an elephant by himself (opposed to with someone else, but unfourtanetly they didn't use the pregnant line - so really it was just mean.)
Oxen Riding: Not too exciting. Reminded me of Borat.
Elephant Show: Majestic! The Elephants PAINT PICTURES, kick soccer balls, and do other tricks. We saw so many elephants today - likely over a hundred different ones.
Bamboo Raft: Was extremely relaxing and we got to look at the glorious landscape. This was exactly why we came to Northern Thailand.
Long Neck Village: Weird. We drove to this village called the Long Neck Karen village where the women wear golden rings around their necks, legs and sides from the age of 5. Their necks stretch because of it. They wear these things to protect them if a tiger tries to bite them. (I didn't ask what happens if they are bitten somewhere else.)
The weird part about the village is that it's basically a human zoo. They put about a dozen women and little girls in booths and some of the little girls were clearly pretty upset about that. We played with some of the little boys though and that was fun.
Tomorrow the plan is to go rock climbing.
Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures in the near future.
Note: I am well aware of the terrible grammer and mistakes in the blog lately. I only have a few minutes to write each day. Sorry!
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