World Tour: Chiang Mai

I'm in Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand (no riots here like in Bangkok). This is a place with lots of temples, but also plenty of activities. Here's me playing with a a five month old baby tiger(!):


Later, I rode this elephant around the jungle, and I'm not sure it had my best interest in mind, judging from the number of tree collisions.


I'd headed to Hong Kong tomorrow. I made the "mistake" of getting a room with a TV, so I've caught bits and pieces of the global economic meltdown. More on that later.