Paul & Lauren’s Travels

Paul was cooking some eggs for dinner. He put his finger on one of the eggs to turn it, he felt a zap. Is that Static? He put his finger in again… That’s AC current! We found out from Rudy and Lara that this is a common occurrence in Thailand. The power points are unearthed, so the Thai ladies stand on a mat to cook. Once Paul put on his Aus flag thongs, all was fine (Welcome to Thailand).

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On the Saturday the 28th, Paul and I had the pleasure of undertaking an elephant tour. We had our own private tour guide and driver. We were first taken to an orchid and butterfly farm, it was beautiful! I have never seen such giant butterflies. After spending some time there we journeyed onto the elephant camp.

The elephant camp was amazing! We bought some bananas to hand feed the elephants. It was very special to be so close to the animals. We then watched the elephant show, they played soccer, played harmonicas, popped balloons with darts and painted art work, then they did a giant somersault. Ok, that last one was made up, but they were pretty spectacular. The highlight of the day was going on a half hour elephant ride through the mountain. It is hard to describe how great this really was.

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The name of a delicious yoghurt smoothie, “paradise” is not the term I would use to describe Chiang Mai, but Chiang Mai is a lot of fun for tourists. The people here are really friendly, there is stacks to do and the food is delicious and cheap. Lauren and I have been enjoying roaring, sometimes putt-putting, in and out of the City in all manner of taxi. The took-tooks are a hoot.

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We’re in Thailand! For months we have been using the thought of a week’s holiday in Thailand as a way of dealing with the stress of our departure from friends and family in Australia, however now that we are here we find ourselves fairly unprepared for it.

To begin with, it only occurred to us on route that Thailand would be hot and wet this time of year. As we exited the airport terminal were hit by a tsunami of humidity and air pollution. Experiencing the air in Bangkok could be compared to sitting in a sauna after consuming one too many red curries the previous night, accompanied by an idling bus.

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And so we come crashing into the age of blogging …

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