We arrived at our hotel in Chiang Mai and began scavenging at 6 PM. We were required to stop at 10 PM. We started in the old part of Chiang Mai, visiting three wats, and had to find out information specific to each - what the statues are made of in Wat Chang Man, and had a monk explain the four noble truths. At Wat Pra Songh, we had to figure out what was important about it. And, at Wat Chedi Luong, we talked to a resident monk about his beliefs.
We met up with Brian and Sami from Dubai and spent almost the whole evening with them. We went to the night safari which is a game park. There is lake in the center and a teak footbridge and path around the perimeter. We snaked around exhibits of mostly nocturnal creatures. It was a fabulous experience being in a game park at night. And, the paths were not lit to US standards, which made the challenge even more challenging. From there we went to catch the 9:30 show of the Simon Cabaret, which is now called something else and is a little tricky to find. It is a Broadway musical style cabaret, except that it is all "lady men". Even knowing that the performers were men, we found it hard to believe. They were so feminine and pretty. The dancing and lipsynching were really fine. As a special find, we got to eat their buffet dinner which was thrown in with the price of the ticket for free. That freed us from having to hunt around for a quick biite, and the buffet served one of the mandatory food scavenges. Khau neow mamuang is sticky rice with mango. Delicious.
We then parted ways with Brian and Sami. They are great travelers and fun. We made plans to travel tomorrow. Since you are limited to doing five scavenges with another team, we had to split up just before our last scavenge of the night. We were almost scavenged out anyway!
Christine and I went on to the Night Bazaar and located an eatery specializing in insects. We chose what looked like cricket and locust and "ate" them while posing for the camera shot for evidence, but gave the remainder to our tuk tuk driver who happily gobbled them down.
We planned a 6 AM meeting with Brian and Sami.