Chiang Dao to Chiang Mai

---

After saying goodbye to our new friend Malee it was time for our journey back to Chiang Mai. We had to deflect a mammoth effort from our songthaew driver, Ton, trying to convince us to let him take us all the way there so that he could show us the Orchid Farm, the Monkey School, the Tiger Kingdom and the Elephant Dung Paper Factory on the way! We decided to take the local bus instead for about 1/20th of the price....so sadly we have nothing to report on these undoubtedly amazing attractions! The bus journey took 1 1/2 hours and it was nice just to gaze at the countryside and observe rural life as we headed back to the city. Once at the bus station we all piled into one Tuk Tuk with our bags stacked on top of us and tore through the Chiang Mai traffic on a hair raising trip to our guesthouse.

---

Photos

Good-Bye Malee
Our Chiang Dao mum

Bus
Jasper: "I can't believe we don't have to wear seatbelts!"

Tuk Tuk in Chiang Mai
The four of us shoved in the back of a Tuk Tuk to the guest house, bags and all.