Chiang Mai the Bomb...and other stuff...like boobs.

Chiang Mai was the best. Besides being a great city (much smaller and prettier than Bangkok and easier to get around in, but still very international and interesting) we did some fun stuff. The first day we did the usual touring of the city and all of its Wats, some of which were pretty interesting. But the second day we did this zipline adventure through the jungle in the mountains called Flight of the Gibbons. There's some great pictures and movies (we figured out how to make the camera do that). When I get back (less than a week away oddly enough) and I'm not jetlagged (more than a week away I'm sure), I'll post that.
The next day we went to an Elephant Sanctuary of sorts. It was a good experience and they seem to be doing good work, but it went on a little long for my tastes. But I have some nice film of that, which upon seeing you will know that I am the Quentin Tarintino of Elephant conservatory movies.
And now we're in Railay. Which is a resort on a beach. So, we suddenly went from being two westerners in a sea of natives to being Americans in a sea of whiteness that's divided by nationality and language. There are Thai people here, but not that many. They're all servants from what I can tell. Which is a bit troubling.
But what I've found more troubling is that this beach is top optional. I discovered this yesterday walking in, past a woman whose breasts were so tan I couldn't really make sense of it.
There's two parts of me on this. Part of me, the still 13 part is like, cool Boobs! But that part of me awakens the midwesern-puritan part of me that's like, look away, those boobs are not for you--in fact they're not for anyone. I don't know.
And it's not like there are a lot of topless women. I mean, I probably saw more boobs yesterday than I did in college, but that's a pretty low bar really. And really after a whole afternoon of it, I got used to it. But, it's a little jarring. And my reactions to it seemed a little less mature than I would've thought they'd be. But, whatever. There will be more boobs, I mean opportunities to prove my maturity today.