Day 10: Bamboo rafting and the journey back to Chiang Mai 6-man bamboo raft

Day 10: Bamboo rafting and the journey back to Chiang Mai

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December 19th 2012
After a slightly better nights sleep, but still not 'comfortable', we awoke to omelette and toast being prepared around the camp fire for breakfast before packing up for our journey down the river. The raft had already been built but after a quick tester Sunshine decided we needed a modification so he and his helper strapped on an extra bamboo pole to our raft. Similar to punting we had to ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more