Rowwwwwlll.

Tiger Temple = AWESOME!!

We went this afternoon and within five minutes of getting there we were patting the tigers and getting our pics taken with them. Was a bit of a factory line in terms of getting partnered up with a minder and a photographer and getting escorted around about nine tigers who were chained up but still able to maul you should they feel it necessary. I patted one of them and it was soft like a domestic moggy, ahhhhh! And the minders had bottles of water with small holes in the lid so they could squirt the "cats", which apparently had a similar effect to wetting a small tabby. Wicked. Photos to follow soon.

The downside to the place was that the tigers seemed to be kept in pretty small cages... they are collecting the generous entrance fees to build grander enclosures though, and I hope they do it soon.

The rest of the place was a menagerie of animals: deer, hogs, buffalo, leopards (also caged, thankfully), roosters, hens, cows and so on. It was totally rad. Caroline, Guro, you would have loved it and could indeed have got yourselves jobs there I think.

We are off back to Bangkok tomorrow for a whole different menagerie. Will do it backpacker stylz for a couple of days, then for Christmas and Boxing days I've booked us into a five star "hotel couture" place as a belated treat for Quentin's birthday. Will be soooo nice to posh it up for a bit after being skanky traveller types for the last however many weeks.