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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.


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.

Yesterday, I went to sit the new bus in town - the Rapid Penang. I was very excited because my hometown get upgrades on the public transport.

Everytime I go Singapore, I see their public transport so good, I jealous. Then my own hometown public transport is like kanasai shit.

Now got new buses, all air-conditioned bus, and covered many route that the old bus company don't.

The Rapid Penang launched 2 days ago and were free of charge for today, yesterday, and on the launch day. This 3 days, the other bus company sure curse Rapid Penang (Who call you don't upgrade your service to fight Rapid Penang?)


Because of FOC, I take a ride home from my tuition place, near near only. Try for fun lo, since it's new.

They claim that their driver will be friendly, indeed they are friendly. :) I hopped on one bus, then ask the bus driver got go to my place or not, he smile to me and ask me to take the other bus which got pass my place, he didn't say : You want sit or not? Don't want please get off.


I waited like 5-10 minutes, the bus is here.


They have a board showing where will the bus go. Many people still confuse about the route, I know a little, but not all as I had study the map. Not sure about the fare, but I think is RM1-1.50. When I am wearing school uniform will be half price.


No steps when getting in the bus. It's flat. Nice! But the the seats are little. In front is more on standing while seats is at the back of the bus and it get higher and higher as there have 3 set of steps.

Bus is sweet with the cool air-condition, last time I take bus home no air-con one. This one have, and no tinted window and curtains, this make the bus look brighter and prettier while Transit Link do have and it makes it look dirty inside.

There is digital clock inside the bus so people who don't have watch like me can get to know the time.

3 seats are reserved for elders and disabled. But sometimes I think nobody cares, they will just sit or else, everyone standing, while 3 empty seats there.

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

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?

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.

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.

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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