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Hilltribe Trek - Day 2
... an elephant camp where we went for a slow ride on one of them down to the river. After that, we went white water rafting for about 45 minutes - that was my favourite part of the package. There were picnic baskets waiting for us at the end of the rafting. This time we had plain rice with a very tasty relish, fried chicken (I ate it all this time), a banana, some longan and a muffin.
Our driver then took us to visit ...
Hilltribe Trek - Day 1
... down to one backpack between us with our gear for the first night and leave everything else at the Lodge for when we came back.
We were then driven by local open-air truck to the area near Pha Mieng which is where we started walking along the jungle trails. We were given a little cane basket to carry with our lunch which was a little awkward as we had a bamboo walking stick in the other hand. Greg had the backpack (with ...
Walking with monks, sort of
... Please remove your shoes here' was correct English or not. We then had a short chat about where we were from and it transpired that he used to be a monk there, and that he had also recently retired from a position in the Thailand Bank, the Bank of England equivalent. He was with another man from a similar position in a bank, and then he commented that he had a house/flat in Bangkok and suggested we stay there and cook ourselves etc. as I looked like a 'strong, ...
Caving, the Thai way
Our caving adventure in Sagada a few weeks ago has made us instant fans of caving, and we've been looking for caves in every town we've traveled to since. Not much luck, until today. The drought is coming to an end. We're off to Chiang Dao, about 1.5 hours north of Chiang Mai. Thailand's biggest cave system is located here, at the base of Doi Luang, the country's 3rd highest mountain. Twelve kilometres of stalactite laden caves are here, ...
Relaxation in the Nest
... trip and Dan and Alicia were all about joining us in the mountains. We caught a local bus out of Chiang Mai and were the only tourists on board, which is always an interesting perspective, especially when the two thai guys on either side of you keep falling asleep and violently launching their heads into your shoulder at random intervals. The bus quickly left the city behind and wound up into the mountains, following the Ping River as it cascaded downstream from its ...