Mae Rim Loop

A friend and I decided to take a drive around the Mae Rim Loop last week, and I finally got around to organizing the pictures this weekend. The Mae Rim loop is a roughly 20 kilometer loop around some gorgeous (as you can see to the left) mountains a little north of Chiang Mai. It was strange, as it was my first time out of the city, to see how quickly the landscape changed from urban to completely rural. The drive was really fun, especially now that I've gotten comfortable on my motorbike (which I still need to get pictures of). The roads are very curvy and steep, perfect motorbiking roads. About halfway around the loop is the Queen's Botanical Gardens. There were so many different flowers, trees, and plants there. It was pretty astonishing to see the variety they had in the gardens. You can see more pictures like the one above just by clicking RIGHT HERE!! More updates are coming soon. I've been trying to finish my work at school early because next week I have to go to Malaysia to renew my visa. Woe is me. I'm going to Penang. I found this travel guide about the city in the New York Times. Apparently, Penang is one of the food capitals of the world. I guess I know what I'll be doing while I'm there.