Hi, Well, where do I start? Saturday morning in Chiang Mai I guess. They crammed as many of us into the back of a pick-up type vehicle with our trekking guide, Chao, hanging of the back cos there was no room for him inside...only a 3 hour journey into the mountains. We had lunch and then started our trek. Now when I booked this trip I was told that it was a 2 hour trek...ha ha!! How they must laugh in the tourist office. The trek was 4 hours, uphill mostly, in 30 deg heat. Thank heaven I only needed the small rucksack for one overnighter. I was the only Brit with others from Aus, NZ, Taiwan, Israel, Croatia and Korea. At least the common language was English! I have to say though that the trek
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