More Singha Beer, please...

It is HOT. And it is HUMID. I had almost forgotten how the weather can be in SE Asia.

Today's ride was about 24 miles for Caren. Jordan added another 6 mile option for a total of 30 miles. We pedaled all over the area, seeing rice fields, villages, Buddhist temples, and lots of beautiful scenery.

Thank goodness for Singha beer, the colder the better.

We are staying at the Anantara Golden Triangle resort. I think we could stay here for a month, getting a Thai massage every day. But tomorrow we head to Chiang Mai.

We had a couples massage this afternoon. It's amazing how these small Thai women have such strong hands to inflict so much pain in a massage.

This afternoon, we went across the highway and went through the Hall of Opium. No, there were no free samples. It is an amazing museum built by the mother of the King of Thailand about 10 years ago. It is the equivalent of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC.. It details the history of opium, the origin of the opium trade in East Asia (caused by the British in the 1800s), and communicates a very strong message about the problems with drug abuse. This area used to be one of the largest producers of opium poppies in the world, but today it has been all but eliminated as a result of government programs.

Update on Caren's luggage - it's still MIA. She picked up a few clothing items today. Our balcony looks like a NYC tenement with Caren's laundry drying.