You may or may not have noticed that the voice behind our stories have been strictly Michals thus far, well it's finally my turn. I guess I enjoy updating the blog as much as I enjoy long phone conversations, haha.
Last you heard from us we were in Laos, a wonderful, laid back, peaceful place with the most delicious food ever! Unfortunately we had to move on pretty quickly considering our super ambitions itinerary. We are now in northern Thailand. From Laos we took a "slow boat" up the Mekong River from Luang Probang to the boarder of Thailand. The trip took two entire days with an overnight stop in a small town situated on the bank of the river. The boat was nice, not too crowded, open air, room to walk around and of course really pretty scenery.
Just less then a month ago we were at the headwaters of the Mekong where the river begins to trickle out of the Himalayas near Tibet, we will end our trip in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, so I guess its appropriate to have spent time floating on the river.
Our first stop was Chiang Mai, Thailand's second largest city. We had heard great things about the town from pretty much everyone we met. When we got there I felt like the Chiag Mai I had heard about was an illusive part of the city that we couldn't find no matter how long we roamed the streets. Well turns out its just really over rated. So we left early and headed a bit south, to the smaller less known city of Lampang. Today we went to an elephant conservation center, we watched a show which was pretty impressive and feed some babies bananas.
Tonight we are taking a night bus to Bangkok!
Stay Posted:)
