Chiang Mai 3 day trek phew....

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October 5th 2007

Published: October 5th 2007

Well we have returned after the most amazing 3 days ever! - this is gonna be a long one, cos want to capture it all for historical purposes, so sorry for excessive detailing!!! We booked our 3 day trek with Eagle house 2, a 2 night 3 day trek off the tourist trail to the hill tribes and doi inthanon in northern thailand. Cost about 60 euro each including accom and all our food and water, and ent... Read Full Entry

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Paul Stacey and Elaine Walsh

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"This isn't a tale of derring-do, nor is it merely some kind of 'cynical account'; it isn't meant to be, at least. It's a chunk of two lives running parallel for a while, with common aspirations and similar dreams. In nine months a man can think a lot of thoughts, from the height of philosophical conjecture to the most abject longing for a bowl of soup - in perfect harmony with the state of his stomach. And if, at the same time, he's a bit of an adventurer, he could have experiences which might interest other people and his random account would read something like this diary" Che Guevara, The... full info

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The local moonshine .. rough stuff!

Freshly made rice whyskey, watched how the guy made it. Its illegal in Thailand but no police around these parts

Dat and the mouse trap

This is how they catch mice, as with most things made out of bamboo. rats are generally shot using a powder gun and eatin .. yum yum!

Prepare the rise grains

This karen woman kindly let us take the photo. She is cleaning the rice before it can be eaten. think its kind of a sieving process... maybe to get the bugs out?!?

Solar Power

The government has donated solar panels. Mainly used for limited light but in this village of 370 people there is 3 TVs! they all gather together to watch when theres a big football match!

Weaving bags

Takes 1 week to make a bag using this method. It would make u think the next time u are haggling in the market and arguing over 10 cent. Strangly they can build a house in a day! the whole village get together to do it

At the playschool!

The play school s a bambo hut, the kids do have some modern looking toys to play with. Jason and Emily had some pens to give to them which they got excited about

Water Break

Elaine Lunch time

Spar take note, no waste no wrapping, lunch is wrapped in a banna leave to keep it fresh and hot, easily discarded in the jungle, everything is reused, there is no waste. I think we could learn alot!

Paul Lunch time

Hunger is the best sauce

After the many leech attacks elaine couldnt bring herself to eat the noodles (due to resemblence), she doesnt normally eat pinapple but look at her go :D .. never mind the sour face on her, she loved it hehehe

Booooo

Bugs!!!!!

Bamboo bridge

This is the bridge we all sat on (9 of us in total) to have a 10 minute break.... a bit wobbly but felt sturdy enough, and too tired to worry too much about health and safety standards!!!!

Bath time

After 2 days its time to take a well earned was in the river .. aaaah .. women have to wear a sarong as it is considered improper to show any more skin than that

5 star riverside hotel

Building bamboo rafts

Our guides built the rafts for us while we had brekfast, 5 people to a raft with a person on the front and back with a long piece of bamboo to steer, I got the rudder job so Elaine got to chill out in the middle of the raft. You have to stand even going over rapids, like a big surf board really! bags are hung from the bamboo tripod in the middle to keep them some what dry

Are yis ready!

We made it! phew

Back in the truck ..aaaaaahh

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Elaine on top of Thailand

After the day of rafting and treking we went up to Thailands highest mountian, 2142 meters above sea level. Brilliant views from here.

6th October 2007

John S
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Fantastic
Looks fantastic, and dont worry about the length of the posts Elaine, the longer the better!!

6th October 2007

sue
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WOW
sounds amazing guys..apart from the leeches! thanks for sharing x

11th October 2007

Mark
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yeah, we're on our way out there! What's the overlap when we're in NZ? We arrive on the 30th in Christchurch, and fly out from Auckland on the 23rd March!

13th October 2007

Ken Graham
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12th October- Ken
What a rugged experience you'll never forget. Reminds me a little of our trek in the Peruvian jungle after a road was washed out, but your trek is more than I could handle. Fantastic.

17th October 2007

Emily
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Great account of the jorney! We're safe and sound now back in Toronto. Hope you enjoy the rest of your adventures!

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