Planned an
easy day today, for a change. The hotel
had bikes (and I use this term loosely)to use, so Jeri, Phil and I went our to
the parking lot to choose a horse (Anne had a cold and decided to read and
rest). After riding thoroughbreds most of my adult life, these nags were a real come down.
I guess I’m just a cyling snob. The bikes were all for children or the
vertically challenged. Our first order
of business was to try to move the seat post up as much as possible. Phil found a maintenance guy from the hotel
and with primitive tools and a lot of elbow grease, we got three bikes’ seats
up to their max.
We all still needed another 6-12” of leg extension.
I tried
to convince Jeri to ride on the jump seat, but it wasn’t as comfortable as it
looked.
Off we went
toward the airport to check out the zoo and orchid farm. As we neared the airport, we came upon the
first of three temples. It was a bit
disconcerting. Do you really have to
pray that much to board a plane here?
There was
also a wood carved replica of Angkor Wat adjacent to a swan pond in front of
the terminal.
Just past
the terminal was the beginning of the zoo.
There were giraffes and zebras (which we saw when we first arrived to
Sukhothai), as well as ostriches, emus, an extensive monkey collection, and
birds.
Just past
the zoo was a huge orchid farm. The farm
was undercover to prevent the orchids from getting direct sunlight, and many of
the orchids were growing with air roots only.
There are apparently several thousand different types of orchids (and I
think they had them all, here!) There
was no one at the farm, and we had the run of it to ourselves. We were tempted to pick a few, but resisted.
We hopped
back on our rusty, I mean trusty, steeds for the long ride back (about a half a
mile). Back at the ranch, we spent the
rest of the day lolling around the pool and drinking (mostly juice, some beer).
Tomorrow we
are back on the road to Koh Chang.
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