Armed with our trekking gear, floppy hats and walking sticks we wave goodbye to civilisation and head for the hills on our three day trek. Our journey began with an elephant ride through the jungle followed by a three hour hike to our first hilltribe hut pearched half way up a mountain next to a waterfall. But there was no hot shower to look forward to upon arrival, instead our sweaty bodies had the pleasure of bathing in the freezing, yet very refreshing stream infront of the waterfall and 'using the bathroom' involved squatting over a whole in the ground, of which the Thai's call the 'happy room', as you can imagine it wasn't the most pleasant experience! We spent the evening sat around a fire and then released air balloons into the sky to rid
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