Our flight from Luang Prabang went smoothly enough and entry back into Thailand was through the "green line" which we completed in record time. We found Sally's house and although it had been only a couple of weeks since we had been together it was nice to meet her on her home turf........well.........parched dry dusty corner of the world. Sally cooked us tea and we consumed our 2 bottles of Chilean duty free wine. (They had no NZ on entry).
We spent some time geocaching in Chiang Mai which was fun and we now have another Travel Bug to help wend it's way around the world. Sally came to meet us one afternoon and for a few minutes I thought she may have been hooked....not so, a fair bit of walking involved. She did join us for a couple on her bike though.
We took a "Red Ride" car and driver for a day trip out of Chiang Mai. Enroute we visited an elephant farm (sort of farm, training area, tourist attraction) and got quite close up and personal. We stopped off at a very large cave (including bats) and a spot where we saw a handprint of Buddha. We had seen the footprint of Buddha on the top of a hill in Luang Prabang so the big fella got around a bit. I think both were just mystical sites, akin to "Ripley's Believe It Or Not".
On our last day out we enjoyed a smorgasbord lunch. Just a few doors down was a Gallery of murals set up for photo opportunities. We felt like kids again as we tried them all out.
Our short stay in Chiang Mai was good fun, great to see Sally again and share a couple of thunderstorms, one of which produced hail!! I kid you not. Never thought there would ever be hail in the Thailand. Thank you Sally for making our stay so comfortable.
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