Thailand with Austin - Flight of the Gibbon

Our first day in Chang Mai we drove a couple of hours outside of the city for "Flight of the Gibbon", a zipline tour of the Thailand jungle canopy.  I knew this would be quite an afternoon as soon as our guide "pretended" to push me down a cliff.  No real safety talk here, just put you in a harness and toss you off the platform.  Literally.

David refused to bring more than one pair of shoes on this trip so was stuck wearing sandals the whole time... they stayed on though.

Here's my first ride!



If you ever do this tour, you have to ask for Cash.  He had great one-liners for almost every situation.  As one of the guys crashed into him after one of the rides, he said "The good news is I got you!  The bad news is I'm a little bit gay."

The tour consisted of about twenty zipline rides, the longest of which was 800 meters long.

Funny story about the guy standing behind David.  We got to chatting on the drive home and found out that not only was he an American from Minnesota, he was from Minneapolis, and lived on our street.  Meeting a neighbor for the first time in the jungle of Chang Mai, definition of a small world.

Here's what happens when you let Cash get a hold of your camera.

Thanks Flight of the Gibbon, we had a fantastic afternoon!!!

Tomorrow:  Have you ever seen an elephant paint?