A Jedi craves not these things

Chiang Mai is a busy little town. There are treks and tours to go on, but we wanted to wait until we reached the more remote town of Pai to do this. The scenery is once again stunning, and we hired a motorbike to go up to the hills. One day we got lost and ended up at a flower show. The people were really friendy, so we stopped!

Yesterday we went to the zoo and saw two pandas - very cute. What a life they live! Sitting all day, getting pampered and fed by attentive staff and being adored by the ever present public. And boy, do they know how to pose! (See picture).

The Thai's, even outside of the big cities are relatively well off. There are not as laid back as the Cambodians, but seem to have their work/life balance worked out pretty well. Family is really important here and there is a lot of 'down time'.

We are still enjoying our 'down time'. After 9 months of it, life has become pretty chilled out. In the words of Ferris Bueller:

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."