What We Did Today

We went to Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai, Thailand - it was rocking awesome! I just want to make sure you notice that in the picture below KB and I are petting month and half old tigers. Baby tigers guys!

Tiger Kingdom is kind of a tiger petting zoo. Although there was one random lion and a few parrots, the rest of the place was crawling (litterally) with tigers. Unlike some internet websites claim, these tigers are not drugged so that tourists can safely pet and play with them. These tigers are loved and cared for by their trainers.

Although they also have adult tigers available for your petting pleasure, Tiger Kingdom only allows children into the baby tiger cage. They are heavy sleepers and I guess are less annoyed with the little ones. That was fine with me since all I wanted to do was cuddle a baby tiger anyways.

Each group was given 20 minutes in the baby tiger room. We each had to wash up before entering and were not to let the tigers lick us. They said they did not want us to make the tigers sick. Serriously the cub room was cleaner than many human homes I have been to in my life.

AB was a shy at first, but eventually she got brave and even tried to give them a hug.

These tigers are 2 months old. Next to them are the 6 week old cubs. It is amazing the difference 2 weeks can make.
DB was a bit more wary of the tigers and only let me put his hand on them once.
These little guys are less thand a week old. I saw their trainer feeding them with a Nuk bottle...just like DB drinks juice from.

Look below the tip box. In case you cannot read it, the sign says to not put anything into the cage, especially fingers...guess someone tried it once so they had to put of the signs. I will refrain from sarcastic comments about that trailblazer.
This tiger wanted to eat AB. The trainer said because she was little the tiger thought she was a toy to play with and that was why he stalked her up and down his cage, but we are pretty certain he wanted to eat her.
If you ever go to Chiang Mai, Thailand, you must put Tiger Kingdom on your list of attractions to visit. I have heard of places before that allow you to interact with Tigers, but I cannot image a more safe and clean place than this one. Also, the tigers are very well treated. Thus far we have visited the Elephant reserve, the zoo and now Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai. We have been quite impressed by the cleanlines of the grounds and amount of respect the workers seem to have for the animals. I was geninely suprised, and it adds further to the reasons that I love Chiang Mai.