Chiang Mai is in the North and consider the mountain region.

On our first night, we took a tuk tuk to discover the city and the group had dinner at a restaurant near the river.

It was Rick’s birthday and some of us got up to dance. Was so nice!!

The golf here was very picturesque and …. Full of water and sand trap….ughh !

Nonetheless, we had 3 beautiful golf round with great golf foursomes. What a fun group of golf enthusiasts!

On Sunday, we went to the night market, it was a zoo! Chris and I bought matching Ankelet and cheap sunglasses….i can’t believe I don’t have a picture of that!!

13 of us from the group visited the Hug Elephant Sanctuary. What an amazing experience! I have so many pictures it is hard to choose!

We began by “making friends” with them by feeding them banana and sugar cane. They love that but we are told that if they eat too much or only that they could develop diabetes so it is important that they also forage and eat plants.

We met 4 female elephants. There are no males in sanctuary as they can be aggressive and hard to control. Not much different from the human species 🤣

It is an amazing experience!

We then walked along a path to the mud bath and river.

Chuck got right in there but I wasn’t sure about it. I’m glad I changed my mind. Their skin is very rough and it was great! Dee for right in there and was completely covered!

We then moved to the river to bathe them but only 3 came in. The young 4years old orphan was trained to spray people. Hilarious! I loved the one that just laid down and waited for us to throw water on it

We had a lovely lunch afterwords and I bought two Black Elephants sculpture for obvious reasons 🎬

Chuck and I also spent time at the Wat Uppacoot temple where I lit a candle.

And discovered the Wat Buppharam temple on our walk. There are no shortage of temples everywhere.

We finished our day at the Chef’s Together by the river. Chris joined us and then we walked back to the hotel where I FINALLY got my strawberry ice cream in a waffle cone! Yummy!

The next night, after saying good bye to Heather and Steve on their way to Pukhet, we went back with some of our new best friend – Trent and Chris. What a good time!

Finished the night at a jazz bar called Noir with Derek and his gang. Unfortunately it was almost done when we arrived….oh well.

Good bye Chiang Mai and the fabulous golf group!