Day Eight

Friday, October 23rd

We started the day by loading up all of our luggage & leaving the village to go back to Chiang Mai. We left Yasa's house very grateful for his & his wife's hospitality. They were so welcoming & kind to us our whole stay.

Yasa & his wife

Our elders, Kirk & Brian, with the Thai elders

One last group shot before leaving the village

On our drive back to Chiang Mai, we stopped at an elephant camp. It's not really a camp as much as it is a tourist attraction. They don't use the elephants for anything. They do put on an elephant show & then we got to ride on the back of some of the elephants for about 30 minutes.


Elephants welcoming us to the show

Elephants that we all sat on bare-back when we first arrived

Souvenir shops

Waiting for the elephant show to start

Elephants bathing in the river

Robbie volunteered during the show & got to "play" with an elephant

Waiting for our elephant ride

This is the trail we took through the trees, up & down many hills...it was VERY bumpy!

After leaving the elephant camp, we drove to a Lisu village & set up for another clinic on someone's front porch. Before we began, they served us lunch. One dish they fixed was chicken head soup. It is an honor if they offer you the chicken head to eat, so Kristen & Robbie took the honor for our group & shared the chicken head!

We gave a soccer ball to the kids & they loved playing with it!

After finishing lunch, we started the clinic & saw about 50 people in a couple hours.

After finishing the clinic, we finished the drive to Chiang Mai. We stopped at a gem factory before checking into the Prince Hotel. After getting cleaned up, we went to a Night Market. This was a market that covered several blocks. We were able to get all of our souvenirs here to take home. We must have been tired at this point because there aren't any pictures from this day after the clinic!