We are writing to you from our hostel in very hot Chiang Rai, where we arrived yesterday. Since our last update we've been relaxing and sight-seeing in Chiang Mai, Pai and Chiang Rai. We decided against going to the Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai as it was super expensive and we felt sorry for the tigers being exploited for the amusment of tourists. So, we went to the Zoo, where we saw some very lazy hippos, various lazy big cats, and some lazy pandas and bears. Overall, we established that all animals are lazy in this zoo (probably due to the heat...). The zoo also had some 'sheep' (definitely goats), some dribbling giraffes and men selling meat on sticks that you supposedly put into the tiger cage to feed them.....Thailand loves health and safety... That evening
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