Chiang Mai Thailand Trip - Ox Cart Riding, ATV, Bungee Jump, Go Cart, Range Shooting, Loy Kratong Festival and Night market (Part 3)

Ox Cart Riding


 
After enjoyed elephant ride, we had our Ox Cart Riding which is near by Mae Taeng Elephant Park. There is some souvenir sell and it was cheaper compare to city area.

Souvenir house sell around the area

Passengers waiting to sit into the ox cart. 

There was also some photos shooting during ox cart riding which you will asked to buy the photos, if you want it.

After the ride, the bus was waiting for us to go to ATV riding as what we requested. This is the 1st time, we ride ATS and we are felt so adventurous and excited.

A lot of ATVs inside the workshop.

 There is trail session given beside the wokshop as we just the 1st time riding ATS. Different difficulty level of routing for us to choose. As advised by the shopkeeper, we are still beginner level, so we had took the easy routing which also consist some turfing road. It is really fun and excited. So, unfortunate that heavy rain down pour when we are riding half way. The whole body wet and the shop keeper brought out the T-shirt to sell for our change. The T-shift price is reasonable.


After experienced the ATS riding, we went for the range shooting.

There is also Bungee Jump around that area. Weight is taken to calculate for the length of the string required. The jumping place is above the pond. You are able to choose whether you intent to touch the water. After the jump, there will be certificate given.

Super funny poster!!

After Bungee Jump about 7pm, we also took the Go Cart nearby Bungee Jump place.

After this, we went back to night market to have our seafood dinner. Back to the city, there is a lot of people cause tonight local people are celebrating their new year, Loy Kratong Festival.


"Loi means 'to float', while krathong refers to the (usually) lotus-shaped container which floats on the water. Krathong has no other meaning in Thai besides decorative floats, so Loi Krathong is very hard to translate, requiring a word describing what a Krathong looks like such as Floating Crown, Floating Boat, Floating Decoration." Source: "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loi_Krathong"

A hand-made krathong, made from banana tree trunk and banana leaves held together with pins, and decorated with flowers. On the night of the full moon, Thais launch their krathong on a river, canal or a pond, making a wish as they do so. The festival may originate from an ancient ritual paying respect to the water spirits

 Krathong sell beside the road

"Loi Krathong coincides with the Lanna (northern Thai) festival known as "Yi Peng" (Thai: ยี่เป็ง). Due to a difference between the old Lanna calendar and the Thai calendar, Yi Peng is held on a full moon of the 2nd month of the Lanna calendar ("Yi" meaning "2nd" and "Peng" meaning "month" in the Lanna language). A multitude of Lanna-style sky lanterns (khom loi (Thai: โคมลอย), literally: "floating lanterns") are launched into the air where they resemble large flocks of giant fluorescent jellyfish gracefully floating by through the sky. The festival is meant as a time for tham bun (Thai: ทำบุญ), to make merit. People usually make khom loi from a thin fabric, such as rice paper, to which a candle or fuel cell is attached. When the fuel cell is lit, the resulting hot air which is trapped inside the lantern creates enough lift for the khom loi to float up into the sky. In addition, people will also decorate their houses, gardens and temples with khom fai (Thai: โคมไฟ): intricately shaped paper lanterns which take on different forms. Khom thue (Thai: โคมถือ) are lanterns which are carried around hanging from a stick, khom khwaen (Thai: โคมแขวน) are the hanging lanterns, and khom pariwat (Thai: โคมปริวรรต) which are placed at temples and which revolve due to the heat of the candle inside. The most elaborate Yi Peng celebrations can be seen in Chiang Mai,^[2] the ancient capital of the former Lanna kingdom, where now both Loi Krathong and Yi Peng are celebrated at the same time resulting in lights floating on the waters, lights hanging from trees/buildings or standing on walls, and lights floating by in the sky. The tradition of Yi Peng was also adopted by certain parts of Laos during the 16th century. " Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loi_Krathong"

Release up the lantern

 Very nice view to the sky, there is thousand of lanterns flying on the sky.

Fire Cracker

We walked around fun fair and went back to resort to rest and prepare for the 3rd day trip to Temple Wat Rongkhun, Hot spring, Golden Triangle where three countries Thailand, Burma and Loas (Measai Border).