Wow. The end is near. It's hard to believe that we left Canada nine months ago.
We just wanted to let our faithful blog-followers know that in mere hours we are boarding a plane in Bangkok that will take us to Vancouver, via Taiwan. That means that at around 7:00 pm, Pacific Standard time, we will be back in Canada.
Last night, we were cooling off in the fan's generous breeze in our hotel room. The "cool" temperature? 29 degrees. That is a nice cool-down from the nearly 40 degree heat in the sun. Canada's muffled sun will feel nice!
We're going to miss the spicy food, sweaty toilets, and dirty streets, but it will be good to be home. Just in time for the playoffs!!! wooo hooo!!!
-Jason and Corinne
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Lions and tigers and ... camels???? Oh, my...
Only four more sleeps! And then... this great adventure returns to Canada. So, with time-a-tickin', what's a boy and girl to do?
Lay on tigers. Duh.
What? Lay on tigers? That makes no sense. Ahhh, my friends. If you knew Asia like we know Asia, you'd know that for the right price, anything is possible. In this case, the right price was about $10 per person. The only question, large, medium, or baby-sized tigers? It's a bit like ordering ice cream, but normally, you eat the ice cream, not vice-versa.
So, with our fine-tuned animal senses at their most alert, we ventured where few have gone before... into a small, confined space with two medium-sized, man-eating beasts! (Why not cute baby sized? They cost more. Why not big-sized? They eat more, and that could include us.)
I think that this is one of those things that you just have to behold with your real eyes, and not the imaginary eyes in your brain that we put fake pictures into.
And with that... real pictures for your real eyes! This is really us and real tigers!
Corinne claims that this isn't as silly as it seems. She also claims that she was only making that face because its tail hit her in the head and it startled her. Jason doesn't believe a word of it.
Why isn't Jason in any of these photos? First, he was the photographer. Second, he was quite convinced that man-eating tigers are not to be laid on. Corinne says he was scared, and Jason responds with, "They eat people. Harumph."
Now, what kind of place lets people come in and pet tigers for only $10. What do we think about this? Are there any moral issues to be discussed? We will discuss via the photographic medium. We'll let the photos do the talking.
At least we present the true picture. That's some good, impartial blogging! It was a little sad to see those lovely beasts cooped up in little cages with cement floors, but what did we expect for $10? I think there is a lesson to be learned here.
Instead of ending on a depressing note, we wanted to share one of our stealth photos. We weren't officially allowed to take pictures of the baby lions with their paying customers, but we did. They are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute (says Corinne to Jason's scowling frown).
-Jason and Corinne
PS. Why does the title of this blog have "Camels" in it? At the "Tiger Kingdom", they sold camel food for some mysterious reason. We did not see a camel. Perhaps the tigers ate them.
Lay on tigers. Duh.
What? Lay on tigers? That makes no sense. Ahhh, my friends. If you knew Asia like we know Asia, you'd know that for the right price, anything is possible. In this case, the right price was about $10 per person. The only question, large, medium, or baby-sized tigers? It's a bit like ordering ice cream, but normally, you eat the ice cream, not vice-versa.
So, with our fine-tuned animal senses at their most alert, we ventured where few have gone before... into a small, confined space with two medium-sized, man-eating beasts! (Why not cute baby sized? They cost more. Why not big-sized? They eat more, and that could include us.)
I think that this is one of those things that you just have to behold with your real eyes, and not the imaginary eyes in your brain that we put fake pictures into.
And with that... real pictures for your real eyes! This is really us and real tigers!
Corinne claims that this isn't as silly as it seems. She also claims that she was only making that face because its tail hit her in the head and it startled her. Jason doesn't believe a word of it.
Here kitty, kitty, kitty. Corinne likes tigers now.
What a beautiful beast. She's 8 months old.
Why isn't Jason in any of these photos? First, he was the photographer. Second, he was quite convinced that man-eating tigers are not to be laid on. Corinne says he was scared, and Jason responds with, "They eat people. Harumph."
Now, what kind of place lets people come in and pet tigers for only $10. What do we think about this? Are there any moral issues to be discussed? We will discuss via the photographic medium. We'll let the photos do the talking.
At least we present the true picture. That's some good, impartial blogging! It was a little sad to see those lovely beasts cooped up in little cages with cement floors, but what did we expect for $10? I think there is a lesson to be learned here.
Instead of ending on a depressing note, we wanted to share one of our stealth photos. We weren't officially allowed to take pictures of the baby lions with their paying customers, but we did. They are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute (says Corinne to Jason's scowling frown).
-Jason and Corinne
PS. Why does the title of this blog have "Camels" in it? At the "Tiger Kingdom", they sold camel food for some mysterious reason. We did not see a camel. Perhaps the tigers ate them.
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