Day 2 : Maesa Elephant Camp

Go to the Orchid and Butterfly Farm and now we are going to Maesa’s Elephant Camp. It’s about half an hour ride from town.

When we arrived there, we were greeted by this 2 jumbo dumbo. You know, the elephant hair very thick, like needle like that.

Don’t really know about the entrance fee, travel agent arranged everything for us already. So we just step in and PLAY.

You can see their King portrait at the entrance there.

Then I bought, bananas and sugar cane for 20baht to feed to elephant.

They so enjoy, can get free food from us.

It’s nose touch me, ew, got mucus/saliva, don’t what is it. HAHAHA.

After feeding, we went to the riverside to see the elephant bath. I can’t get to take the photos of the elephant shitting, you will be surprise as it’s faeces, shit pop up from it’s ass like cannon ball. Worker there actually collect their shit to make papers.

Then we go to the show area to watch the elephant show. I last time saw before elephant show at A’ Famosa, it’s different, this one is more real.

I’ll show you one part of the show where the elephant do free kick like David Beckham. LOL

Why don’t want show you all? It will be spoiler if you are going to Chiang Mai. Don’t want to spoil you. Hehe. Roughly tell you about the show, they blow, they massage, they kick, the draw, they throw.

They can draw very pro, more pro then me. Hehe.

The bad thing is, jumbos needs the worker to help them change the brush color.

For sales, don’t know how much.

Then we went to sit the elephant. You know how much is it? 800baht for a elephant. One elephant can sit 2 person, my dad and mom 1 elephant then me myself one elephant. I am KING. Haha. A bit expensive, cause dad paid 800baht for 1 person. But don’t care la, experience ma.

About half an hour for the elephant ride. Going up and down the little hill. Feeling was like, shaky. Mom always shout “Slow, slow, slow”, when going down steep little hill. But then I think the person don’t know what mama was talking about. Haha.

That’s what we did there.

And then, we went to those useless, boring souvenirs shops, silverware, handicraft, honey, silk, bird nest, blabla. I hate it, if you go with tour sure will go this place. So I think go backpack with some friends will be fun, self tour.

There’s actually more fun things to play near the elephant camp, just that it’s not included in our tour. Got bungee jumping, paintball, gun shooting, snake farm, monkey school. =]

Day 2 : Chiang Mai Butterfly and Orchid Farm

Woke up I don’t know what time in the morning, I think it’s 7.30am, then went for breakfast at the hotel there. Dad went to make some changes, changed our room from a normal room to a deluxe room. That’s better a lot.

Our main destination is Maesa Elephant Camp, but we stopped by the Butterfly and Orchid Farm to check it out. I do not recommend this place, unless you loves flower a lot. The butterfly aren’t pretty, all same kind one, only 1 design. Haha, and it’s so so smaller than our Butterfly farm here in Penang or KL.

When we first step in, some thai lady there will come and pin this on your shirt as souvinier. LOL, I threw it away after that, feel uncomfortable pining on my shirt.

This is me camwhoring at the Butterfly and Orchid Farm.

Nothing much to show about because there nothing one besides flowers and same kind butterfly. Coming up : Maesa Elephant Camp

Day 1 : Night Bazaar

We arrived at Chiang Mai around 7pm. We were actually plan to visit Doi Suthep Temple on the first day, but too late already. So the tour company’s van drive us to the hotel.

We stayed at Suriwongse Hotel, a hotel that locate in the middle of a tourist spot – the Night Bazaar. We see a lot of people there, tourist especially, ang mo a lot. Great we were staying at that hotel, but the room sucks, never mind, we changed to a better room the next day.

After dinner, we walk down the street for shopping at the Night Bazaar or better known by us Pasar Malam/Night Market. I see those Chiang Mai people, wearing traditionals cloth (some) and carrying their baby on their bags, surprisingly their baby so guai, doesn’t scream and cry for milk, haha. People like my mom pity them sometimes will just buy some stuff from them.

See she look so happy when we bought something from her. My mom bought the silver bracelets for 100baht.

We walk down the street, a lot of stores there selling imitation shirts, shoes, shorts, believe to be handmade products, souvenirs, pirated cd/dvds and many many more things.

There sell a lot of this lamps. I also don’t know why, maybe the material there is cheap. Some looks nice.

Hmm, there is like our Batu Ferringhi where you can find a lot of cheap DVDs and CDs. No point for me to get it there as I can always get it here. Good for ang mos.

This is kinda cute, there is actually teddy bear in it. As decoration purpose, will look nice if put in a girl’s room. No girl in my family. So no buy. Mom also don’t want. Hehe.

This is one of the stalls set up by the roadside. The tour guide told us that the pasar malam/night market will be on every night, not like Chatuchak at Bangkok which only have on weekends. Shop till you drops.

This is a place where the seller set up stores, like a market like that. Got a lot of ladies’ shirt, handmade flower soap, massage and more. I and mom went to shopping while my dad went to Foot Massage, only 60baht/half hour. Cheap hor?

I came to this place, also call night bazaar, but the things there not interesting. You can find some scary things there for sale, like this :

I wonder who will ever buy this doll.

But they do have pro artist that draw very nice drawings, just almost same as the photos, background, everything. Look almost the same 90% same as the original photo. Envy, respect.

See?

Stay tune for Day 2 of my Chiang Mai trip.

Chiang Mai Flickr Set

Day 1 : Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Airport

I am going to spread my 3 days travel experience into several post for more easy reading pleasure and faster loading time. Back to school, and busy sharing my travel things with classmates and friends.

I took budget airline Air Asia to Chiang Mai, but it was not a direct flight. Dad bought tickets online for Penang to Bangkok, then another tickets from Bangkok to Chiang Mai.

Now I am getting a little phobia on taking flight, I do enjoy it journey but National Geographic Channel’s Air Crash Investigation causes the flight phobia on me. Haha. My favorite part on a plane is when the plane take off. Scariest part is when it lands.

It was raining when we landed at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. It did not bother us as we stay in the airport until the next flight.

So, most probably is because that we took the budget airline, so we don’t get to go to the arriving terminal on those bridges that stick to the plane. Instead, we have to walk down the stairs from the plane and take a short bus ride to the arriving terminal.

It was about 5 hours free time until our next flight and we can’t check in so early also. Have lunch there at the airport and my dad drink a couple of beer, he said beer in Thailand is cheap. I walk around and look for Wifi access for Twittering, but no luck, all need to pay.

Dad drink beer, I eat ice cream. I loves the ice cream (100baht) from Cafe Nero by Black Canyon Coffee (Claim to be largest coffee chain store in Thailand).

I found a lot of little machine at the airport, actually they are for International phone calls and Internet access. I paid 50baht and wrote something for my blog.

Air Asia check in counter is always at row E, last time I went to Bangkok also at row E. So I went to Row E.

Queue up for bags check in and getting our boarding pass. We just need to show our passports and they will give us the boarding pass. So, the paper that I’ve printed out about the AirAsia one was useless.

It’s time for some camwhoring. Getting myself to the waiting hall.

The airport is so big and we have to take these moving walkways a few time until we reach the terminal. It’s time to fly to Chiang Mai with Air Asia, again.

Back From Chiang Mai

I am back from Thailand. I miss there. At there, I homesick, think of coming home, then now at home, think of going there again.

Here’s my travel itinerary, will be write about it more detail very soon, mom wants me to sleep early and get ready to school tomorrow.

On the first day,

• Budget airline to Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Airport.
• Not transit, but change flight to Chiang Mai.
• Didn’t go to Doi Suthep Temple because arrived late at Chiang Mai. Chang to the other day.
• Dinner at hotel’s restaurant.
• Shopping at Night Bazaar just right down the street at our hotel.

On the second day,

• Breakfast at hotel.
• First stop at Orchid and Butterfly Farm, not so interesting, ugly butterfly.
• Visit to Maesa Elephant Camp – Elephant Ride, Feed Elephant, Elephant Show.
• Visit to Saa Paper and Handicraft.
• Visit to all the useless souvenir shops, boring – Silverware, Jewellery, Honey, Silk, and blabla.
• Lunch at some Thai restaurant.
• Went to the wet market in town.
• Shopping at Night Bazaar, again.
• Dinner at a restaurant near hotel.

On the third day,

• Breakfast at hotel.
• Visit to 5 famous temples in town, pray and take photos.
• Lunch at Thanam Restaurant by the Ping Riverside.
• Go to Doi Suthep Temple, 45minutes bus ride.
• Shopping at Central Plaza Airport.
• Shopping at Night Bazaar, another again.

On the fourth day,

• Air Asia back to Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Airport.
• Shopping at International Departure Terminal.
• Air Asia back to Penang.

Photos are coming soon, in total I took 707 photos and a lot of camwhore picture which I won’t be posting. Haha.

Hard to Find Free WiFi at Chiang Mai

Stupid Starbucks Coffee here, because they don’t offer free Wifi, instead you have to pay 90baht/rm9 for 1 hour usage. So that sucks. It’s not exactly no free wifi here, I do found one just now on the Internet, near my hotel, later go check it out.

Currently blogging from Central Airport Plaza, paid 10baht/rm1 for 15 minutes usage, which is better than at the airport there. Will be back home tomorrow, took LOTS of photos lo. My 1GB SD Card now can take 50 more photos then full already, took about 600 photos, incude some video clips. =)

Lalala, got to go, stay tune to my blog for photos from Chiang Mai.

At Bangkok Airpoort

Hello, I am saying HI to you guys at Bangkok Airport. Lousy airport because don’t have free WIFI servicee, I am using a Internet on a mini phone/internet booth. Paid 5baht for 10 minutes usage. My next flight to Chiang Mai will be at 5pm Thailand time, I am so boring at the airport now, had my lunch. GTG, the time is up. =]

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Going To Thailand

I am now having breakfast. Then, will go to the airport to Bangkok
then afternoon take another flight to Chiang Mai. I don’t have laptop
so I can’t bring you there also, but you can follow my Twitter, I will be posting
short message with my PSP if there have WiFi. =] Yes, I will be
skipping school for three days, hehe. Anyway, if you guys my friend
have any emergency, my phone is on. Check back soon for photos. See ya
and have a nice day.

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