The Remainder of Johnny's Visit

Well, as with the rest of this trip so far, John's visit flew by. After getting back from the jungle, we decided to spend the rest of his time in Chiang Mai, even though that meant a pretty horrendous flight schedule back for the poor boy. But, we hope that the last few days of his trip were enjoyable! Here are the highlights:

Went to the ZOO! Where the object is to feed as many of the animals as possible without getting your own hand added to their diet.

did you know hippos like bananas?

the elephants

giraffes too

and- possibly the most exciting- feeding a leopard with a piece of raw meat on a stickWe did our fair share of eating ourselves... I mean, we had to show John the variety of Thai delicacies- including the best pad thai in Chaing Mai followed by a waffle and coconut ice cream with Pi Pae, Jang, and Som:We paid a visit to Phil's host family where John was able to see the toy shop first hand, meet Pop (who he thinks is way cuter than our pictures can do justice to), ate mangoes right off the trees in front of the house (LOVE mango season here), and took a bike cruise of the country side..

forgetting sunscreen and going on a bike ride in the afternoon in Thailand means you get to wear a sweet hat of Paw Thai's

And we went to some Wats, of course, where John prayed to the sky gods to thank them for a fabulous Mongolia trip and safe passage home...

Which wound up coming true. He made it back in one piece with some serious jet-lag. Not sure if the sky gods got enough of an offering to cover that down-side of traveling over the Pacific. We had a blast showing him around from the jungle to the city, and were psyched he was able to squeeze us in before heading back to school.

Phil and I, meanwhile, are on our way to Myanmar (Burma) tomorrow to renew our visas and check out the border towns. You should be getting another post soon about this adventure!