Chiang Mai and the trek

My journal is yet again almost a week out of date, there are two rather lengthy stories from Koh Pi Pi that I want to publish here, as well as the tale of how Steve and I stared death in the face and laughed at it while bamboo rafting on the rapids of the rivers north of Chiang Mai.

Therefore I have a lot of 'work' to do before I leave for Laos on Wednesday!

I also have a lot of photographs to show you but not the time to describe much of what's happening in them. My humble apologies.


The night train to Chiang Mai

Morning has broken on the night train to Chiang Mai

We were exhausted after a night of fitful, broken sleep punctuated by dreams of trains

The hills of northern Thailand pass us by


Visa run to Myanmar

The highlight of my tour bus morning

Steve with friends at the Golden Triangle

Hill tribe chillies drying in the sun

Hill tribe puppies playing in the sun


The most beautiful word in the English language

Waterfall

Steve's hero pose

My hero pose


Trekking

We set out

The mighty jungle

A big spider

Reflection

Fields of green

Nyssa

Dinnertime


Hill tribe village

The village

Rice grinder

Cows

Christian simplicity

Local boys at play

View from the bridge


The messiest drinking game in the world

Marnie and Nyssa

Superman

Me

Claire, Bart and some curious villagers

Our guide Singh

Adrian and Brian


Elephants rock!

Steve and the elephants

Ollie and the elephants

The elephants

Ollie Dolittle

Butterfly

Steve and Ollie on the elephants