Hey everyone, Christopher here. I am giving Rachel a break from the blog so y'all can hear from me :) Today is Buddah's birthday so for the holiday weekend we went down to Chiang Mai. It is about 3 hours south of where we live and the road to get there is a twisting and winding car sick rollercoaster ride. We stayed in a nice little hostile for $14/ night and only had one cockroach visit us 3x (Or maybe it was 3 different cockroaches... I can never tell them apart) Luckily Rachel never saw them and I never told her. Ignorance is bliss. We had some fun adventures, particularly a jungle zipline canopy tour. We zipped all over the jungle while the morning mists surrounded us in clouds. It felt like we were in a dream flying around like winged monkeys. We even got caught in the rain at the end and it made it even seem more exotic. At times we were as high as 120 meters, which is like 360 feet high! The longest zip line was about 300 meters long, going over a small waterfall. This was follweed by a 30 meter repel.

We also went to a temple and took a meditation class from a little monk from Cambodia. He kept saying he is "a Monk with a monkey mind". Aren;t we all? It is really hard to concentrate and keep your mind clear but we are basically pros now and can solve any problems with the power of our thoughts:)

We had a great time and we are looking forward to getting back to work tomorrow!


Rachel's favorite fruit, called a ngot.

In the tree tops kissing in the rain

Checking out the tigers. We could have paid to touch them but they are sedated to keep them calm and we had deep moral qualms about that. Plus, neither of us are cat people.

This is the monk that taught us to tap into the power of meditation.



Rachel, looking terrified, as she zips from tree to tree.