Last day in Chiang Mai

Last night we met up with some Aussies and the first thing we did was go to a "fish spa." I did this in Taiwan, it is where you stick your feet inside a little tank of fish and they suck/nibble your dead skin (supposedly making your skin soft and curing skin conditions!). David thought it was the most uncomfortable/awkward thing he has ever done. I watched him doing it and couldn't stop laughing because his face expressions were constantly changing between smiles, grimaces, laughter, and pain. After the "spa" we all went out to a rooftop restaurant, "John's place" and played Uno until 1 in the morning.

This morning we had to wake up at 5:45 to go on our "Flight of the Gibbons" ziplining tour. We drove about an hour away, up through thin curvy mountain roads (our driver had to honk every time he turned a corner to warn people he was probably in their lane). We arrived at the tour and our guides took us out to the ziplines. Our 2 guides were hilarious. They would constantly crack jokes in English, would sing Hotel California every time they saw us, would push us off the platform to start our zipline and as we were beginning to pick up speed they would yell "WAIT, WAIT!!!" That one scared me every time! Our group consisted of 1 other american (worked for the US embassy in Micronesia), 1 Aussie, a Chinese/Japanese couple (who were hilarious and never stopped taking pictures with their huge Canon cameras, even when they were ziplining they had the camera to their eye), a Colorado native turned Chiang Mai resident and his Thai girlfriend, along with his 78 year old mom from Colorado. She was the most fit older woman we have ever seen! We were walking along this rickety wooden bridge and she exclaimed, "I feel like a drunken sailor!" We had such a blast zipping from tree to tree, with our guides singing the Mission Impossible theme song, while yelling "watch out for that tree!!" Our guide handed David a yellow flower from a coffee tree and he ate it (he couldn't taste it anyways : ). At the very end we were about to repel down a 7-story drop to the ground and I asked our guide if David and I could go down upside-down. He said ok! And showed us how to flip upside down on the ropes. It was so fun, but all the blood rushed to my head very quickly haha. After ziplining we hiked up to a nearby waterfall and then ate a good Thai lunch. David and I really enjoyed talking to everyone in our group. The jungle/ziplining reminded me so much of Costa Rica. The same bright green foliage, coffee and banana trees, all the noises; it was beautiful!

Tonight we walked to a nearby night bazaar and wandered for hours through the stalls. I found some beautiful jewelry from Tibet. David was super excited to find an amazing gift for his parents that we have to ship home. We can't wait until it will arrive in like 6-10 weeks : ) For dinner we had some great street food (we literally ate it on the side of the street), some pad Thai noodle and chicken fried rice. We ended our night with another round of Uno with the Aussies! Tomorrow we fly down to Phuket for some island hopping, we can't wait!

Miss you all! D & K