It was a long, smelly, damp & sleepless overnight bus up to Chiang Mai, in Northern Thailand, and the Royal Guest House - which we'd booked for ourselves, Eco-Dave and his girlfriend Jo (who were coming out to see us for 2 weeks) - was far from royal. But it didn't really matter as it was great to see Dave after so long and to finally meet Jo.
We didn't see too much of Chiang Mai, as we hopped straight on a bus the next day to start a 2 day elephant-riding, white-water rafting, bamboo rafting, hill walking extravaganza. The night was spent in a local hill-tribe village, in a rickety bamboo hut overlooking the forests & mountains, where we had massages and ate local food, including fried maggots for dessert!
The trekking was hot & sweaty, but took us through lush vegetation and offered fantastic hill-top views, our first experience of white-water rafting was great fun (we definitely want to do it again), and riding on elephants was unforgettable of course!
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