Tremors, Elephants, and Insects!

Last night, we felt out first earthquake in Thailand! I was chatting with Bee and I noticed that the table and mirror were shaking in our room. When it didn't stop right away, I knew this was probably a tremor from an earthquake. Bee thought it was windy outside at first and then realized that it wasn't the wind ;) lol We both stepped outside of our room only to find a few of our other Habitat team members who also felt the same. Who would have thought there would be earthquakes in Thailand? Somehow everyone was "invited" to our room to research the earthquake (I guess my netbook came in handy) We found out that there was a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Burma which is 250 km away from Chiang Mai. If you look at the picture above, you can tell that me and Bee were not expecting guests. We both had our laundry hanging on the window curtains. wonder what our team thought of the new decor althought we had a few questionable looks...I'm sure they were thinking "Those Asians!" lol ;)

So today, we went elephant trekking. It was soooo good. I'm usually nervous with animals but the elephants were so gentle. We randomly chose elephants out of a straw but somehow we all ended up with elephants similar to our traits. Bee got a very obedient elephant (61 years old). I got a foodie (55 years old) - my elephant wouldn't stop eating! She was a little stubborn and a bit hard to command but it's only because she wanted to keep eating. I still loved her! She was adorable and I was happy that I was able to stay on the elephant. I had a bit of trouble getting on her but I got the hang of it by the end of it.



Last but definitely not least, we went to a local Thai market. Believe it or not but I ate a deep fried caterpillar and a grub >< Never would I have even considered eating insects but let's just say opportunity presented itself and I didn't say no. The catepillar was deep fried and seasoned so it tasted a like a chip. The grub was pretty gross. After the first bit, I realized that there was no crunch. I could taste something oozing out and I immediately swallowed and flushed it down with water. At least I can say I tried these bugs (ewww) and check it off my list (though it was not on my list to begin with) but I probably would not eat them again.