On my first day in Chiang Mai, I had the pleasure to meet a few tigers. Listen, if you don’t have the urge to tempt fate by petting a large wild jungle cat, no problem dudes. I did it for you. Think of me as your Bruce Willis staying on the asteroid in Armageddon. I’ll sacrifice life and limb, but only because I care for your safety.

It was incredible to be within “snack time” proximity to an animal that powerful. One of my fellow travelers was worried that the tigers would all of a sudden lose its composure while we were in the cages. It didn’t help that we just saw Jurassic World a few hours prior as we rode into Chiang Mai. I tried to curb the anxiety by stating that these tigers are professional and knew when to keep how to keep their jungle life separate from their work life.

The four us had a great time in the tigers cages and the tigers basically slept the whole time. Being on the other end of the situation, I don’t know if I could have been as unphased if a quick snack came that close to me. Just know, I would take a chunk out of the Hostess Twinkie man the second he pets me.