Chiang Mai - Trekking

We went trekking from  Chiang Mai and arrived in a village fairly early on.  However, it had already been a hard day for some

And it's not just the dogs that work hard

We set off over a proper bridge

Though they weren't all like that

You could go swimming in this waterfall but there was an undercurrent to the right side

So we did the safest thing and had a beer instead

They said it was a trek, more like a gentle stroll in the country

It was pretty

Later on  we rode on an elephant. 

Our elephant was a 2 year old pregnant female (with morning sickness), called Won Ton.  She was well cute and kept putting her trunk up to us and sucking in to and blowing at us to get more bananas.  If she'd fitted in my bag.......

You could see quite far away up high on the elephant.  I even rode on its neck for a bit, which was actually more comfortable

When we got back, we fed them a bit more.  They don't really stop eating and have around 200kg per day

It wasn't quite so cute when they blew mucus all over you!

But on the whole, loved it.  After the elephant trekking we went on a river on a bamboo raft.  No piccies due to water and just as well.   I steered the back for a bit, but the skill is actually with the frontman, or front 15 year old boy in our case who was insistent on his  4 passengers getting as wet as possible and would capsize it regularly to ensure in doing so.  Well funny and loads of fun.