Chiang Mai in Northen Thailand was our first non-beach destination for a while, much to Jason's disappointment. However it's really a lovely city and the best place to do elephant trekking. After flying from Koh Samui we got here with the evening free, so we hit the Night Bazaar and bought loads. Its a lot cheaper up here than in the package holiday afflicted south Thailand. We arranged a trip to an Elephant training camp, which was fantastic. You can buy bananas and sugar cane to feed the elephants, however you have to be careful by keeping some of the bananas behind your back. This is because I was mugged for them. Whilst feeding an elephant to my right some other little pachyderm barged into me from the left and snatched my bananas! Afterwards we went
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