{"id":1367,"date":"2011-10-24T12:28:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T09:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2011-10-24T12:28:27","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T09:28:27","slug":"thailand-chiang-mai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2011\/10\/thailand-chiang-mai\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand &#8211; Chiang Mai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since we went to Thailand, mainly to relax after our Vietnam\/Cambodia tour, we saw only a sprinkling of places.  For that reason, I feel as if I experienced being in Thailand like the blind men experienced being with the elephant.  In case you don&#8217;t know the reference, here it is:<\/p>\n<p>The Blind Men and the Elephant<br \/>\nJohn Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887)<\/p>\n<p>It was six men of Indostan<br \/>\nTo learning much inclined,<br \/>\nWho went to see the Elephant<br \/>\n(Though all of them were blind),<br \/>\nThat each by observation<br \/>\nMight satisfy his mind.<\/p>\n<p>The First approached the Elephant,<br \/>\nAnd happening to fall<br \/>\nAgainst his broad and sturdy side,<br \/>\nAt once began to bawl:<br \/>\n&#8220;God bless me! but the Elephant<br \/>\nIs very like a WALL!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Second, feeling of the tusk,<br \/>\nCried, &#8220;Ho, what have we here,<br \/>\nSo very round and smooth and sharp?<br \/>\nTo me &#8217;tis mighty clear<br \/>\nThis wonder of an Elephant<br \/>\nIs very like a SPEAR!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Third approached the animal,<br \/>\nAnd happening to take<br \/>\nThe squirming trunk within his hands,<br \/>\nThus boldly up and spake:<br \/>\n&#8220;I see,&#8221; quoth he, &#8220;the Elephant<br \/>\nIs very like a SNAKE!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Fourth reached out an eager hand,<br \/>\nAnd felt about the knee<br \/>\n&#8220;What most this wondrous beast is like<br \/>\nIs mighty plain,&#8221; quoth he:<br \/>\n&#8220;&#8216;Tis clear enough the Elephant<br \/>\nIs very like a TREE!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,<br \/>\nSaid: &#8220;E&#8217;en the blindest man<br \/>\nCan tell what this resembles most;<br \/>\nDeny the fact who can,<br \/>\nThis marvel of an Elephant<br \/>\nIs very like a FAN!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Sixth no sooner had begun<br \/>\nAbout the beast to grope,<br \/>\nThan seizing on the swinging tail<br \/>\nThat fell within his scope,<br \/>\n&#8220;I see,&#8221; quoth he, &#8220;the Elephant<br \/>\nIs very like a ROPE!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And so these men of Indostan<br \/>\nDisputed loud and long,<br \/>\nEach in his own opinion<br \/>\nExceeding stiff and strong,<br \/>\nThough each was partly in the right,<br \/>\nAnd all were in the wrong!<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the reasons that the best way to travel if you want to really understand what you are seeing and its historical and cultural context, is on an organized tour.  But, nonetheless here are my impressions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We flew from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, Thailand&#8217;s second largest city.  It has a population of about 1.6 million in the province, 250,000 in the city.  It is located in northwestern Thailand.  Once we checked into our hotel we saw this sight<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1371\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1371\" src=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9292.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Chiang Mai from our hotel room\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9292.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9292-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chiang Mai from our hotel room<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Notice the rainbow!  Our visit to Thailand really did feel like being over the rainbow&#8211; so many beautiful things to see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We arranged for a tour that took us to an elephant camp.  We saw the elephants do tricks like lifting their trainers with their legs or trunks, playing soccer, and painting.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1372\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1372\" src=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9301.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Here come the elephants!\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9301.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9301-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here come the elephants!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1373\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1373\" src=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9303.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Holding each others&#039; tails\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9303.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9303-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holding each others&#039; tails<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1374\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1374\" src=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9312.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sitting\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9312.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9312-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sitting<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1375\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1375\" src=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9320.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Painting\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9320.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9320-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painting<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Notice, however, that the elephant has tusks.  The elephants dipped their brushes in the paint and painted, but each had a trainer holding a tusk and it appeared to me, they were helping the elephants to aim.  So was this really freetrunk drawing?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1376\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1376\" src=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9321.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Another artist\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9321.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9321-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was impressive to watch them painting!<\/p>\n<p>Soon it was time for us to climb the steps to a platform for our own ride on an elephant.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1377\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1377\" src=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9324.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The platform\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9324.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9324-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The platform<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1378\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1378\" src=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9325.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"My croc getting onto elephant&#039;s back\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9325.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9325-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My croc getting onto elephant&#039;s back<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1379\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1379\" src=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9329.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Riding the elephant\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9329.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9329-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riding the elephant<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the road there were a number of platforms where they sold bananas and sugar cane to feed the elephants.  Although we were pretty far back on the elephant, he was able to direct his trunk toward us and &#8220;inhale&#8221; the bananas as we fed him.  As a &#8220;thank you&#8221; he would puff hot air from his trunk at us!  I thought it was amusing, especially since I had read that among Cambodians, a kiss traditionally consisted of placing one&#8217;s nose next to the other person and blowing air out of it!  <\/p>\n<p>After about 45 minutes, we arrived at a small market and for our return trip, rode on an ox cart.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1381\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1381\" src=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9333.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The ox carts\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9333.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9333-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ox carts<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1383\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1383\" src=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9342.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sitting behind our driver\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9342.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9342-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sitting behind our driver<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was a partly cloudy day and there had probably been some rain earlier in the morning.  The paths were muddy and uneven.  Shortly after we started moving, our driver went over a bumpy part and fell off the cart.  the oxen continued moving and we both feared the cart would run her over.  But in a fraction of a second, she popped up from the ground and hopped back onto the cart all the time laughing- and for the next few minutes, telling her colleagues what happened to her and laughing again.<\/p>\n<p>Our last adventure there was being poled down a river on a bamboo raft.  It was very beautiful and relaxing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1384\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1384\" src=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9347.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The raft\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9347.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9347-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The raft<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1385\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1385\" src=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9348.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"On the river\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9348.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMGP9348-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the river<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But the day wasn&#8217;t done.  Next time: the tigers and the orchid garden   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since we went to Thailand, mainly to relax after our Vietnam\/Cambodia tour, we saw only a sprinkling of places. For that reason, I feel as if I experienced being in Thailand like the blind men experienced being with the elephant. 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