Carrie's Thailand Trip!

I figured in this blog I will give you a little inside look on the thrilling transportation we use around here in Chiang Mai. Riding around town is one of my favorite things to do... ya never know how we are going to get there...

The first day, we all piled into the back of a pickup to go to a somewhat sketchy place to swap our American cash for some baht. Gave us a great view of the neighborhood!

There are also vehicles called Tuk-Tuks, which is amazing simply because of the name. It is like a motorized tricycle. I have yet to ride one, so no pics yet.

But my favorite type of transportation... and cheapest...

the song tow...

it reminds me of an old army truck or something, because it is is a covered truck bed with seats lining the sides.

But that's not the best seat...

the best view comes from hanging on the ladder of the back of the song tow.

Our group finds endless amusement in this. And, whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God, right? So as we cruise along, we like to hand out flyers for our Christian concerts, stories of Jesus, etc. The motorbike drivers get a huge kick out of it. Some crazy American is hanging onto the back of a song tow, holding out a paper for them to grab.

This was on the street on the way home from the night bazaar... pretty bizarre, eh? (Yes, the pun was absolutely intended.) We were walking along, and I was talking or something, and all of a sudden everyone starts talking about an elephant. I was like, "What?" and they said, "Carrie, did you really not just see the elephant cross the road?" Nope. How did I miss that? But we caught up so I could get a picture. He had a little tail light on the back so he fits with the flow of traffic.

Song tows are cheap, but I'm still one of the stingiest people alive. So when offered a free ride from a friend who lives here, I gladly accepted. So did fourteen other people. So here was the result...