A day at the zoo!

( This is a Gibbon Monkey - their arms are almost twice as long as their bodies.)

I know what you're thinking...with me, every day is like a day at the zoo, but seriously - we went to the Chiang Mai zoo and Aquarium.

We went with the English couple we mentioned before, and had a great time. To get into the zoo was 100Baht ($3), and the Aquarium was 420Baht ($14). The zoo was great - we spent all day there, and did so quite easily. We watched a seal show and another animal show, and got to see some pretty cool animals. The zoo itself seems to be quite nice, and the animals seem to be taken care of reasonably, but of course, you always would like to see them in their natural habitat more. Oh yah - Lindsay got kissed by the seal - we hope the photo turned out! Developing those things will sure be an adventure in itself. Reminds me of Forest Gump..."Film cameras are like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get!"

The Aquarium was ok. It was very nice, and well put together, but was too much money for what they had. The aquarium has the largest underwater tunnel in all of Asia. It actually has two tunnels - one for fresh water animals, and one for salt water. Each tunnel is about 65 meters long, and has a conveyor belt that escorts you through it. There were lots of neat animals there, and we even got to see a feeding show with the salt water animals. There were lots of sharks, and even one HUGE one, probably about 9 feet long.

By the end of the day, our feet were very sore - today we will be getting feet massages!

We then went back to our hotel about 6pm, played a game, relaxed, and went out to the night market to do some shopping and eat. This market seems to be far nicer, larger, and just better than any we have seen so far.

For dinner I wanted to go to a burger place, so we stopped at "Mike's Burgers", and indulged. Very good burgers - not just "Thailand good", but actually good. There were not enough fries, and there was too much ice in our cups, but it was a tastey meal.

The shopping at the market lasted for some 4 hours - that's a lot of walking, haggling, and frustration over finding shorts for me. They just don't have any that my large butt and small waist - it's quite frustrating! Lindsay was mostly the one buying things.

We have really be enjoying have tea and pastries together every morning. It is something that we would like to try to continue back home, but maybe once a week on Saturday or Sunday - all husbands would be wise to do something similar! I can't think of a girl that wouldn't want her husband to spend some quiet, quality time with them.

We have some time to kill here, so we might start to work on our Christmas letter. We didn't do one last year, and everyone will be getting it via email, but that is because we are too cheap and despirately care about the environment. He he...