Chiang Mai in 24 hours...

Today was the most jam packed day of crazy adventures I've had on my trip so far. 9 friends and I started the day waking up at 8 am to meet with our tour guide we rented for $12 for the day (that's a little over a dollar per person for 9 hours of touring). The first thing on our "to-do list" was to check out the Wat's within the city walls. The Wat's are absolutely amazing. Every inch of the Wat's we saw were covered with beautiful art. The level of detail put into these temples is unbelievable. The photo's should be posted above. After a couple hours of Wat touring we piled back into the tour van and headed for the hills and the Mesa Elephant Kingdom. This part of our adventure was probably the coolest thing we did all day. We were able to see the elephants play soccer, play basketball and even paint. When the show was over the elephants gave us all big hugs with their enormous trunks. It was so much fun. When we left the Elephant Kingdom we headed down the hill to check out the Tiger Kingdom. That's right, I said "Tiger Kingdom." Words cannot describe how amazing it was to play with a full grown female tiger. They are the most beautiful animals I've ever seen. And so powerful!!!