What an amazing birthday. I woke up this morning to roosters crowing and a gorgeous view of clouds nestled in the mountains. After breakfast, we bathed elephants that we then rode down the river, then picked up bamboo rafts (constructed the prior evening) upon which we continued our journey. After it was all finished, we took a covered pick-up truck the 100km back to Chiang Mai.
Some other highlights of the trek:
- The hilly 9km hike
- Stopping at local villages along the way
- Swimming in the hot springs and beneath the waterfall
- Getting bitten by a leech (albeit not a positive highlight)
- Sitting around the campfire
- Taking shots of "happy water" (rice wine)
- Listening to the rain on the tin roof of the hut where we slept
After returning to Chiang Mai, Abby and I took well-deserved naps, then she treated me to dinner, and we celebrated at a Thai reggae bar with everyone from the trek.
It's going to be hard to top this next year :)
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