Another day in Chiang Mai… I went on a trekking tour yesterday. Quite an adventure. The program for the day included visiting orchid/butterfly farm, going to a local/tribe village, walking through the jungle to a beautiful waterfall (swimming in it if you really, really wanted), visit to another local village, riding elephants, eating lunch, more tribal village experience and finally, the conclusion of the day: white water rafting and bamboo rafting. The whole deal was 1200baht, about 35-40$. What can I say about this experience…Let me start by saying that yesterday was really cold (Thai standard) and cloudy in Chiang Mai and surrounding areas (It is wintery here and temperatures were in low 20s….not too bad to walk around, but pretty terrible to swim , later about that part) Butterfly/orchid farm…Butterfly part was …unimpressive. I enjoyed
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