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Arrived in Chiang Mai at 6am on the night bus and checked into the BMP hotel. After a 2 hour nap it was time for our day out. We drove an hour from Chiang Mai to an elephant camp, the elephant ride was through the jungle, up steep muddy slopes and down riverbanks. Felt bad on the poor elephants having to do all that work every day in the heat :-(
The next activity was bamboo rafting down the river on a raft made of bamboo; pretty self explanatory, it was fun! Next stop lunchtiiiime at a local cafe where we ate lots of rice with mixed veg and and chicken curry, wih fruit for dessert. After lunch it was time for the jungle trek, we walked through a hill tribe village and smoked the local tobacco wrapped in a banana leaf and eventually ended up at a waterfall. Me, Helena and a Canadian guy called Alex were the only ones who jumped in for a swim, the water was so powerful I lost my toenail - again! We slept all the way home in the minibus, had an amazing day. Can't believe how green the landscape is in Northern Thailand!
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