We went on our year end vacation much earlier than usual this year - end November. This time, we covered Chiangmai and Bangkok - places that provide pretty good variety of experiences for adults and kids.
Chiangmai was supposed to be a little cold, but during the few days that we were there, the temperature was similar as Singapore, perhaps just a wee-bit less humid. The kids really enjoyed Chiangmai because of the variety of activities we had there.
On our first full day in Chiangmai, we visited the Tiger Kingdom, a place which aims to increase tiger population through captive breeding.
Aaron and Nadine were extremely interested in learning about the tigers. Even Aaron diligently read many of the signboards. His ready ability really surprised us.
In fact, they were both more interested in reading the signboards than taking photos with us.
But their favorite part is playing with the cubs in the nursery.
Nadine was much more gungho than Aaron. She started playing with and teasing the cubs almost as soon as we entered the nursery.
Aaron took a while to warm up, although he was equally fascinated.
The kids liked the Tiger Kingdom so much that throughout the rest of the trip, they kept saying that they want to go back.
Next, our driver brought us to the a place that we weren't sure if we wanted to go, but it turned out to be really interesting - Elephant Poopoopaper Park - a eco-friendly park that recycles elephant poo into paper!
The kids were initially quite grossed out, but it was really educational and fascinating learning about the poo-to-paper process.
After making the paper, they had fun creating cards, bookmarks and a passport holder with the poo poo paper.
Next, we went to Mae Sa Waterfall, a multi-tier waterfall that has 10 levels. But we only managed to climb 7. Too tired! In any case, due to the rain the previous day, it was too slippery and the waters were too murky. Not a clear and photogenic waterfall that we had hoped for.
Last activity of the day before dinner - strawberry picking. The kids had looked forward to that the whole day long.
The strawberries were quite small, but they were juicy! More importantly, the kids had a lot of fun finding the biggest and juiciest strawberries.
We went back to our hotel, Banthai Village (the kids called it their little village), happy but really bushed.
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