http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North/Mae-Wang/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Thailand , North , Mae Wang en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:06:41 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:06:41 UTC Today was our second day in Chiang Mai. We spent the morning and afternoon in an area called Mae Wang where we rode elephants through jungle and forest ate lunch on the Win River and then went on a bamboo raft on the river. To finish the day right we went to a Thai boxing match this evening. The elephant ride we took today was an experience I will never forget. I went on an elephant named Toeba http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/North/Mae-Wang/blog-196377.html So i'm back in chiang mai after a week of hard labor and mind blowing experiences with the elephants. everyday was scheduled as such7am breakfast730 poop scoop.. either elephant or buffalo and you wouldn't think it but buffalo is much much worse then we would have a different task which normally was planting some sort of tree or grass for future elephant consumption we did day trips to the loca http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/North/Mae-Wang/blog-181823.html Well I decided to go to chiang mai for the first time. I went to the train station to see if I could get a ticket there today. The train left at 6 pm for a 12 hour train ride. I booked at first class sleeper cabin. Only 1300 baht 40 bucks. The train ride was awesome better than any airplane ride Irsquove been on. They brought me supper and I had my own cabin to myself so I slept most of th http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/North/Mae-Wang/blog-176219.html Well a few days a go we booked a trip to see remote hilltribe villagers the Maewang they are rude do some Elephant riding some bamboo rafting and see a waterfall. We paid a bit more than some other tour guides becuase ours look after the elephants well. They have breaks and they have an elephant hospital nearby. The also hire local tribespeople as some sort of scheme or another. We're http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/North/Mae-Wang/blog-128678.html Day 4 Day 8 13th 17 July 2005 For the next five days the sun rose early. After a hearty breakfast Uncle Sam continued to explain the significance of building the dams. He wanted to make sure that everybody in the team understood and believed in it before proceeding to issue the equipment for the expedition. After a brief photo taking the group of us together with the local villagers set http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/North/Mae-Wang/blog-56534.html Day 3 12th July 2005 We said goodbye to Chiang Mai early morning. Armed with all the provisions we had brought and bought our group of 16 embarked on a 2 hrs ldquoRoad Triprdquo bumpy ride up the mountains to Mae Wang Karen Village.4 of us were oldtimers from the previous expedition a year back. I was privileged to be given another opportunity to serve the local opportunity through t http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/North/Mae-Wang/blog-55254.html