Tigers

On our day off from teaching, we went to Mae Rim, a town outside of Chiang Mai to play with tigers. This is a touristy place where you get to eat at a nice little restaurant overlooking a park full of tigers of all sizes. Then we got to get into the cages and play along with them. It only cost me 300 baht and two fingers. Just kidding. The four tigers we played with were about 5 months old and were pretty massive for infant kitties. Their eyes were haunting and their fur was rough and their paws were squishy but strong. That's what I remember for the most part. It was a pretty short play date, but I bonded with one of the tigers. Not something I normally do on a first date, but I whispered nice things into his ear:
See pictures on the link under photo archive and video uploading soon.