It's Much Better on Top

Yesterday Corto and I took motorbikes and cruised all the way to Thailand's highest point, Doi Inthanon. At 2,565 meters high, Mount Inthanon is home to more than 4000 native tribespeople, surrounded by peaks, valleys, and rice fields. Along the way were four waterfalls, which were nice, but peanuts compared to the two monsters I've had the pleasure of seeing. The ride took all day, as the mountain was about 70 miles away, plus a 35 mile drive up.

After getting back into the Chang Mai area, we went on the biggest tourist attraction yet. The Chang Mai Night Safari is a zoo on wheels of sorts, where an open sided bus takes you into a built up reserve filled with all kinds of animals. There were only cages for the dangerous animals like tigers and lions, so the cool part was being so close to the more gentile animals like zebras and giraffes without having barricades between us. Although I try to stay away from the tourist trail, some of it you just gotta do.

Below is a picture of me at the top of Doi Inthanon and another one of the coolest sunset I've ever seen, taken at the base of the mountain. The quality is poor, I know, and I just figured out why... so it won't be like that anymore.