I awoke early to begin my day flying like a monkey around the wild! This morning, Mike, Hueng and I would be doing the flying squirrels zip wiring around Chaing Mai.
It was a scenic drive up to the greener parts where the zip wiring would take place. We were strapped up and provided with helmets and explained the safety procedures. Then,before we knew it, we were flying around from tree to tree experiencing the adrenaline! It was such a thrill! We even had some obstacle courses and some unusual flights involving bicycles and skateboards! We were zip wiring for about two hours and I enjoyed every minute! This was a great taster and now I was even more eager to do a bungee and skydive!
We were shown our photos and provided with a buffet lunch before we thanked our team and said goodbye. All that adrenaline release meant a small rest was in order before we checked out of our hotel again. This afternoon we would be taking a long bus journey to our next destination, Chaing Kong. It is located near the Laos border.
On a toilet stop, we were taken to a shop selling cashew nuts and other delicious delicacies. We tried many different types of coated cashews and bought all sorts of Thai treats for our bus journey. In the evening, we had another toilet stop at a temple in Chaing Rai. We had no idea that we would be seeing the most beautiful fairy tale like building before our eyes. The White Temple was luminous white and silver; it was simply spectacular. There was a gold carved building also and golden toilets. It was very creative architecture with demons hanging off trees. We were all speechless by its beauty and felt very lucky to have caught it just as the sun was setting.
A bit more of a drive and we had arrived at our little border town hotel. It was so quaint! We went for our last dinner together in Thailand and enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere. Tomorrow we would be crossing the border to Laos and having a day long boat ride along the Mekong River.
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