Lucky for us we had our silk liners for sleeping. However, the beds
were only blankets on the floor -- somewhat rustic and very hard. All
night long we heard the sounds of roosters and pigs grunting.
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
After
breakfast this morning, we set out to return to the place we had begun
our trek the day before. This time we took a different route. Once
again, the vistas were spectacular as we walked through the forest.
Today, our trek was less grueling as we were going downhill. By 1.00
p.m. we arrived at our truck rendevous spot where we had an amazing
lunch of Phad Tai with incredible tasting water melon and
pineapple. After lunch we drove to the Bamboo Rafting place where we
boarded upon long bamboo rafts and went down the Siam River. We had one
operator and three of us to a raft. It was soooo lovely. We did
however, get very wet as it is impossible to keep dry as you go down
small rapids. We were very lucky a few times that the raft did not
tip. On our journey, we saw a very large snake on a rock at the river's
edge. We were thankful that the snake was not in the water while we
were on the river. During this trip, we passed some incredible vacation
sites on the riverbank. Unfortunately, we could not take any pictures
as we were advised not to bring our cameras and thankfully we
didn't. What a wonderful day.
Following our ride along the
river, we returned to Chiang Mai around 5.00 p.m. Exchanging emails and
saying goodby to our fellow travellers we headed to our new hotel to
have a shower and go out to dinner to a place that had been recommended
to us. The Thai meal, with beer cost $7.00 for the two of us. It was
again delicious.
After dinner we went to the Chiang Mai night
market -- which was somewhat overwhelming with the many stalls selling
anything you can think of. It was quite a hike after our very busy day,
we decided to walk back to our hotel an enjoy the lovely new room we
have.
Tomorrow is a busy day -- sight seeing, and then leaving for Laos by plane.
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