9:30 in the morning and Pieper, Waki(Our new girlfriend from Japan who will travel with us for 3 days and maybe join us 2 months down the line) and myself step of the bus into Chiang mai. Chiang mai is a quite little city much bigger than the sleepy town of Sukhothai and not half as bold and in your face as Bangkok.

Last night was fight night, were we once again were conned but for a small amount which is fine, and it did turn out to be an entertaining evening. We bought tickets for a Mu thai fight which promised to be an intense night of kick boxing with fight line up finishing with a Thai middle weight fighter taking on one of Britains best. The Thai guy 'apparently' pulled out and a canadian stepped in who weight 15kgs more than the brit, so the main fight was more like a one round sparring session with the brit forfiting 'unexpectedly'.

The fight itself was not at all what I expcexted as when the 1st competitors stepped in to the ring I realised that they were 9 years old, so it made you feel a bit dirty watching children beating each other up for your entertainment. However the next fight was 2 12 year olds and though these guys were kids I think I would proberbly last a minute in the ring with one of them.

Pieper and Waki decided the brutal sport was quite a romantic evening so the 2 of them were wispering sweet nothings to eachover while I was sitting with our new acquintances betting and cheering on one little kid after another.

This morning Waki headed on her own to do some Trekking and Pieper and myself went to 'Thailand best cooking course' and we were even promised a Certificate which is great cause I can put that on my C.V. Cooking was pretty damn simple with an easy to use recipe book so the 1 day course is enough to be able to cook, Thai style. Pieper and I were the only 2 in in the class so we got a lot of individual attention from the Thai shef which was good as I think Pieper must have been struggling cause he insistead on us sharing most of our meals.
We ate like king and had a 7 course meal all for 10 pounds so it has been a pretty 2 evenful days.

Tommorow morning we head of into the Jungle for our elephant riding,trecking and rafting. Please can you guys send Pieper your support as I think he is very nervous of the elephants.

aiii

written by  ourindochina on December 15, 2007 from Chiang Mai, Thailand
from the travel blog: The Indo China Adventure (incl Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia)
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Ha ha, I will definitely send my support..... last year I was chased by elephants.... twice ..... but I am sure these creatures will be far nicer and it will sure be a "ride" to be remembered for years!! I now have a "holy" respect for elephants and will not come near them again.
Ah, those fights you spoke about.... was it amusing?? Jigh!!
Keep well and enjoy
Judith

written by  judith warnars on December 15, 2007

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Hey
If you want to learn how to cook Thai food at home, try this site www.thaifoodtonight.com
It's got about 30 popular Thai cooking receipes and each one has with a video

written by  norris hall on December 23, 2007

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