Oh me, oh (Chiang) Mai!

Happy Christmas Eve!!! I hope you all are enjoying some time with friends and family.

To celebrate this eve day, we had what some may call an "extreme" sports day.

First up? Well, Paul has been itching to drive a tuk-tuk since he first laid eyes on one in Bangkok. The tuk-tuk varies a bit regionally, but they all are basically some sort of moped pulling a cart. They are essentially open air taxis and the cheapest way to get from A to B.

All I can say is we had our very own Christmas miracle.




I have video of this too...we get into full blown traffic in the middle of the city. The driver was just sitting in the back laughing and everyone that saw the big pink dude driving this thing was pointing and shouting.

Next up:




How about we go ahead and see what 230 lbs. does in a rain forest canopy.
Big lips? Check
Excess body hair? Check
Prehensile tail? Ah. Crap.





All was going great the first 5-6 lines. They start you out short and close to the ground to build confidence. Look how fun!



Then we got to the big boy. When you started you couldn't see the end. We were about 350 feet above solid ground. I went first. Took about 30 seconds for me to get across. Next is Paul. We are still waiting on the final results, so don't spread the word yet, but pretty sure he broke the zip-line speed record on his run. He came barreling into the platform. hard. Hit the net breaker. Knocked over 3 men trying to stop him and started going back the way he came. It was a cartoon. The 3 guys were all laying on the ground and I swear I could see a halo of stars above their heads. As for Paul? Well...he didn't have enough velocity to get all the way back and so...got stuck dangling in the middle. Just hanging there.

I thought it was game over for us but they reeled him in and he was asking for more. It was fun and a lot longer than expected. We did about 20 zip lines, 3 bridges that looked like this:


And had to absail like twice:



We survived. I'd say it was another christmas miracle...but I'm going to need that one in tomorrow's run. Dear Santa, I've been a good girl.

Meghan

Location:Chiang Mai