Chiang Mai and an apology..

Hello all!

Sorry for the lack of updates but blogging has taken a back seat (not that it ever got a front seat.. I'm horrible at keeping this baby up and running). It seems that after work, getting caught up on work, and cooking dinner I'd rather watch a Home Alone marathon on ABC Family than sit down and write about our adventures  in Asia. A new low, I know. 

Get ready to get your gold on

Alas, I'm back on track with tales of adventure, tuk tuks and delicious street food in Chiang Mai. This lovely metropolis in Northern Thailand was our jumping point for Elephant Adventures. This was probably one of our favorite stops on the entire trip. It was so wonderfully cheap (we're talking $10 USD a night for a clean hotel room with AC, Wifi and Thai TV) and beautiful (see pictures below). Everywhere we went we saw ornately designed and multi-colored buildings. Since this was our first real stop in Thailand, we thought these architectural features were unique to this charming town. Wrong we were. Thailand is covered in these incredible buildings. Are you ready to go yet?

Might be the best Tuk Tuks of the trip..

We ate some super delicious street food here too- bubble tea everywhere, fresh fruit smoothies, pad thai, drunken noodles, and mangos galore. Just wandering around led to culinary delights at every intersection. The hard part was deciding if we wanted to spend our $3 on fresh, foreign fruits or massages. Yes, $3 gets you an hour long massage. And you can even get a $3 hour long foot massage, my personal favorite. I'm pretty sure this town was heaven on earth. You probably should just quit your job now and move to Chiang Mai (this is my backup life plan.. if things get really bad, at least I'll have all the mangos I could eat and a daily massage. Then things couldn't really be all that bad). 

Here with the lethal mango/sticky rice & 17 crazy fruits smoothie

 Chiang Mai was covered in beautiful temples. We wandered around town and made it to over 10 in one day. Each was more impressive than the next. We saw so many Buddhas that we didn't know what to do- another picture or not? They're so gold and impressive, but after a 100 pictures of a 100 different Buddhas it's hard to remember which one you saw where... Alas, we took more pictures (all for your viewing enjoyment, of course!). After all this Buddha viewing and walking, we (shockingly enough) had to reward ourselves with a massage... It was a really, really enjoyable honeymoon!

Reclining Buddha!

Love this husband of mine!

 I hope that your interest is now peaked in visiting Chiang Mai. It was a clean, friendly and charming city packed to the brim with interesting sights and people to see and delicious food to eat. Plus, don't forget those $3 massages! Best city ever!