The flight from Luang Prabang was quick and painless; the airport consisted of two gates and a security desk so nothing to report on there! Once we had taken off we were given a sandwich; by the time we had finished and the stewardess was clearing away the rubbish we were landing in Thailand. The passport control was quick and painless as well; a short tuk-tuk ride and we were in the city. We wandered around the city for a while. Later that night I watched Manchester United v Barcelona; finally going to bed at 4a.m. Up at 7 for an another 2 day trek though this one was going to have more people. We drove 3hours north of Chiang Mai to a small village for lunch before starting the trek; the kids tried to sell us bracelets but instead they ended up playing with us.
After playtime we began to hike the 3hours to the village for our homestay.
Once we had arrived in the village we began a football match of England v Thailand (plus an Irish girl). The mud was 3 inches deep and no one was left unscathed of the brown stuff. Later on in the evening there was a live dance performance followed by food and drinking. At 7 the next morning we were hiking again. By 10 we arrived at a pitstop where there was a waterfall. On this segment of the walk, Helen dislocated her knee cap and was in a lot of pain; however she did continue on and finish.
Afterwards we continued our walk to an elephant camp where three elephants carried us for an hour further up the path. Dave and I were allowed to ride as the mahout; on the neck of the elephant which was cool.
After the elephant trek we hiked another couple of hours and then had some Pad Thai for lunch. Dave had an incident just after the elephant trek where he went to toilet in the bush and was chased by the baby elephant; no one was hurt. The next activity was bamboo rafting which is punting down a river on a boat made of bamboo bars tied together, a lot of fun and very tiring. Water and cameras do not mix so no pictures exist. We finally got home at 6pm; absolutely shattered.
The next day we did a Thai cooking course which was a lot of fun. For 10 pounds we went to the local market with Mummy Thai and brought fresh produce and then cooked 6 different dishes; everyone will have to try some when we are back.
After the cooking course we went out for a night and got drunk...fact! With a hangover we headed to Tiger Kingdom the next day; the name gives you a clue whats there but I will let the photos explain what happens there...
The rest of the day was spent relaxing and recovering from a manic 4 days...Bangkok next stop! We saw the film Hangover 2 a couple of days ago...gives you an idea of what can happen there!?!?!?!
6 comments:
Ok heres the plan you both ditch half your clothes leaving you only needing one backpack, get the smallest tiger into empty backpack. Bring home and put in garden, to live and behave like a pyrenne moutain dog! Job done and no one would know, I WANT A TIGER!!! Im green with envy on this part in particular, you are both so lucky to be so close to such wonderful animals (inc elephant and dave). Hope H's is getting better, keep the blog going. love to allxx
Just when I thought it couldn't get any better. What amazing pictures of you both with the tigers. I don't know; elephants and tigers, like Jane absolutely green with envy.
Thanks for looking out for my girl Paul, on the rafting. Can we put an end to rivers though cos I don't think she or I can cope with any more near calamities. She may not be so lucky next time. xxxx
Bloody Hell in cages with tigers, being chased by elephants, falling in the rapids.
What are you doing for an oncore Rodeo riding on crocodiles ?
Fantastic pictures though. It does make me feel kinda proud though.
Keep safe all of you
Daddy Moore xxx
I second mummy moore's comments. bring tigers!
THE CLAW
sorry, mummy scales!
wow interesting adventure in thai
we will go there someday
regards from yogyakarta :)
Post a Comment