Flying Monkeys

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and didn't eat too much! Ashleigh and I met a couple of Kiwi's and we all ended up going out for a Christmas lunch. A pretty nice cafe was doing a not too expensive Christmas spread, so we went and had a baked ham, turkey, potatoes, vegetables, stuffing and loads of gravy, followed by a piece of pie with cream and a cup of tea. It was not quite like home but close enough that we didn't all feel too bad about not being back home. We took the customary Christmas afternoon nap and went out that night to a 'Magic Forest Christmas Party' an organised themed event sponsored by Bacardi and Heineken, with DJs and dancing and plenty of bright lights. We took a tuk-tuk home and had a well earned rest. The next day we just veged out for the morning beside the pool, then got up and wandered around the city. We went to a sunday night market which was really cool with a great atmosphere, unfortunately left my camera battery back at the guest house to couldn't get any pics. Yesterday we got up at quite an early hour (8 am!) and went to flight of the gibbon chiang mai. It was basically a series of platforms between 20 to 40 metres up in the trees, with various zip lines, sky bridges, spiral staircases and deth-defying rapells thrown in for good measure. It took the full day and was heaps of fun, even if Ash was a little scared!

On our way, as you can see, Ash is a little tentative

Once on the first zip line, there was not much she could do!

The first sky bridge, only about 20 metres up

Bit of view out across the surrounding jungle

Ahhhhh my hair!

Time for a water stop

Ash doing her best to be superwoman

The second bridge, this one about 30 metres up

 

The view from the top of the 40m high platform, where we plunged straight down to the finish

(there is an E behind my head)

Above is a video I took of myself on one of the highest, longest zip lines.