Tigers and Thai Cooking [Take 2]

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What a day! This is hard not to repeat the same stories that I had from last time I went on this adventure but it was a blast. We got a Tuk tuk to the Tiger Kingdom. It was an incredibly funny feeling as I faced the prices $80 to see all of the cats again because I found myself saying. "Well, I will never get another chance to... wait.. this is the second time I will get to do this. It was in that moment that I again found myself in deep appreciation of my family. My mom and dad for giving me all the opportunities in the world. This may sound simple but after living in El Salvador for 3 years I have found the only thing that separates me from any of my poorer farming friends were the opportunities provided to me. Mom, Dad if you are reading this I owe you everything and I just wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. I also wouldn't have a clue which direction to go without my trail-blazing sister. Rach you are so amazing and inspiring. Thanks for all of your current and continuing support. And where would I be without my moral compass? Ben I hope to grow someday into the man you currently are. I am truly blessed with the life and family I have.

Anyways back to the Tiger Kingdom. We got tickets to see all of the tigers including the newly born <1 month olds. They were all great! The babies were so cute they were the size of full grown house cats at 1 month and medium dogs at 2-3 months. We saw tigers from babies to small, medium, large, and HUGE. I rubbed their bellies, and laid on top of them. It was a rush. Then we went to a snake farm which was less than fun. They had a snake show which was very impressive and terrifying. They would hurl the snakes out of their boxes and then snag them inches from striking audience members. I had an 80 lbs boa wrapped around my shoulders.

After we got back from Tiger Kingdom we went straight to our Thai cooking class. This one was very nicely set up. I made spicy red curry, coconut soup, pad thai, and banana spring rolls. I am a master Thai chef, even my garnishing flowers came out beautiful! I have loads of pictures and I wish I could write more but I am exhausted and we have elephant riding and whitewater rafting tomorrow. Wish me luck!