Doi Suthep, a temple on top of a hill, in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tigers and temples.

Tiger Kingdom and Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Author’s note: I don’t like deleting the past, so I leave this here. But I no longer agree with petting tigers or riding elephants as tourism. I do not condone visiting the tiger parks in Thailand.

 

 

On my last day in Chiang Mai, Jenny and I took a ride out to Tiger Kingdom. It’s a little zoo of tigers that you can get up close and personal with. And by that I mean you pay a lot of money to get your picture taken with a lot of big cats who may or may not be drugged.

But they were cute…?

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand

 

On the way back to town we stopped at Doi Suthep, a temple at the top of a hill (it’s on the opposite side of the mountains from Huay Tung Tao Lake). It was…a temple. On top of a hill…


Doi Suthep, a temple on top of a hill, in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Doi Suthep, a temple on top of a hill, in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Doi Suthep, a temple on top of a hill, in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Doi Suthep, a temple on top of a hill, in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Doi Suthep, a temple on top of a hill, in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Doi Suthep, a temple on top of a hill, in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Doi Suthep, a temple on top of a hill, in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Doi Suthep, a temple on top of a hill, in Chiang Mai, Thailand

 

Hi, I'm Val. I spent most of my 20s in a standstill, unable to pick which path in life I wanted to take. I wanted the nomadic life of a traveler but also wanted the husband, the condo, and the kitten. Unable to decide which life I wanted more, I did nothing. When I turned 30 I’d had enough of putting my life on hold and decided to start “choosing my figs.” So, I quit my job, bought a one-way ticket to Europe, and traveled for three years. Now I'm back in Chicago, decorating my apartment in all the teal, petting my cats, and planning my next adventure.

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  • Michael
    February 7, 2012at2:54 am

    I can’t say that I agree with this kind of thing. They are beautiful and your pictures are fantastic, but the life they are enduring for the sake of it isn’t.

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