Chiang Mai

yesterday night there was the happy new year party for the chinese people in china town.
they had a ms. chiang mai china town contest...

wat chedi luang

Chiang Mai to Pai

saweidi krap!
this day i drove with a rented supermoto kawasaki 250 d-tracker to pai and back to chiang mai. thats about 260k's two way.
there were 2 passes up to 1250m above sealevel with a lot of sharp curves in a wonderful autumn forest surrounded. great.
sometimes the back wheel was a little bit sliding - muhaaa
and the thailand car drivers doest many times come to my side - so it was very important to drive defensive :))) ok when needed.
in pai i saw a lot of muslims.

thats the geyser on the way to pai. 90 to 99C


















































mineral pool - but nothing for me (foot)












thats in a lisu village near pai ( they were playing a game while celebrating their happy new year (chinese happy new year)










pai

i had there a very good lunch for 1 euro























chiang mai 122km






































a lot of nice autumns colors

but i did not do many photos because riding the bike was better - i enjoyed it a lot.


i put the pics on the other side because in thailand it is needed to drive on the other side - you know - like in new zealand...

Chiang Mai

good evening.
wow this was a great day in chiang mai.
in the morning a 74 years old sielor (taxi) driver(mr. chairat aphichai) asked me to do a tour with him. i said ok lets do it...
first i visited a orchid garden then a snake farm with a good show then a place where you can touch tiger - http://www.tigerkingdom.com/ and in the afternoon i visited the nice show from maesa elephant camp. http://www.maesaelephantcamp.com/ - great!!
in the evening i visited the Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep very famous buddhist place and some other temples in city.

king cobra


























i got the poison...













you have one hour after you were beaten - then you die - easy isn't?

kiss me darling

this snake can jump 1 meter ( not posion)

that was a really amazing feeling to touch sucha tiger

my 74 years old guide mr. chairat aphichai

the elephants makes nice sounds - trrroeee

bathing in the river

they were so cute

mouth organ playing elephants

goal!!!

really nice artists! great! i couldn't believe this before.

elephant massage

bananas - yummy

thats the paintings - great!

Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep

chiang mai