During the flight to ChiangMai, my brother and I played with our DS Lites. This time, we did not puke like the trip to Japan because Mummy made us take airsick pills. When we reached Chiangmai, we had to queue up to clear immigration. After that we went to collect our luggage.
A coach was waiting for us when we cleared customs. It took us to Shangri-la Hotel where we were welcomed with cocktail drinks and wet towels. My brother and I shared a room with my Grandpa and cousin. We went for lunch and did some shopping after that. Mummy bought us new shoes which we wore immediately. We also played games at an arcade and bought mango sticky rice. Their mango sticky rice was delicious! That night, we went for a Khantoke dinner which was their traditional Thai dinner with people dancing and performing throughout the meal.
The next day, we went to a temple on top of a hill. I took many pictures there. There were many rows of bells. The guide told us that people ring the bells for good luck and blessings. I rang the bells one by one. Then, we went for lunch at a restaurant called "Mushroom Suki". The restaurant served many different types of mushrooms.
We went to the Saa Paper Factory after lunch to see how people made the paper from tree bark.
We tried to pound the bark. It was all done by people and not machines. They made umbrellas, fans and many things from the paper. We wanted to do some umbrella painting after that but the artists did such a good job of painting the pictures, so we asked Auntie Gerri to pay them to draw the pictures for us. We each chose an umbrella and a picture for the artist to paint. That night, we went for dinner at a traditional thai restaurant next to a river. The food was good. On the third day, we went to Chiangrai. On the way to Chiangrai, we watched a few Thai shows on DVD. Although they didn't have subtitles, we were able to understand them because they had simple stories. They were all very funny. When we reached Chiangrai, we went to the white temple.
We went to the coffee shop nearby to eat lunch. Mummy bought many packets of pig skin. The whole family shared 1 packet during lunch and it was very good! But Mummy said we shouldn't eat too much of it because it's too fattening and unhealthy. After that, we went to the opium museum in the golden triangle. It was very educational and interesting to learn about the history of opium and how people were addicted to it like a drug. The guide told us that it is now illegal and the people who used to be part of the illegal work were all given new jobs to help them do legal work.
We went to the border town between Myanmar and Thailand after that, but Daddy stayed on the coach because my younger brother was asleep. We walked around and took some photos. Mummy bought some t-shirts for all of us. For dinner, we were so tired, we ordered room service.
The next day, we went to see tigers. We ate at the restaurant there.
After lunch, we went to the long neck village. We had to go in a pick-up truck because the coach was too big to take us up to the village. We saw women with the brass rings around their necks. The guide said they didn't really have long necks. They looked that way because the rings pushed their shoulders down over time. We took many photos. 
We went Go-Karting after that. I fell many times but I was brave enough to continue, but I had to stop after I crashed and overturned while racing with my cousin, brother and Daddy. I cried because I got a giant cut on my arm, many painful scratches and also injured my left hand and wrist. It was fun, though.
On the last day, we went shopping, had lunch and went to the airport. We had to queue up to clear immigration. Then we boarded the aeroplane. Back at the Singapore airport, we were welcomed by buggies that brought us back to Jet Quay terminal to wait for our luggage to be collected for us.
We were very happy to be back home. We came back with many souvenirs, toys and snacks. My older brother and I slept until 12pm the next day!
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