March 27th, 2007
To begin day 2, we woke up to toast, boiled eggs and hot tea! By 8:00am, we resumed our trails, pushing ourselves up and down the terrain with more ease in the cooler morning temperatures. After about 40 minutes, we encountered our new tour guides for the next hour and a half; a bunch of gigantic elephants! Although uncomfortable on the back and rear, the undulating and hilly elephant ride gave us more appreciation for this animals’ strength, stamina, agility and obedience!..what a great time! (and guess what elephant shit looks and sounds like???)
After resuming our hike for another 2 ½ hours, we made it to lunch at the Shan Village. Without hesitation, we all stripped then cannon-balled into the waterfall lagoon which was very refreshing! The cowbell rung, and instant noodles in village style broth was served! (of course, aC loaded the chilli power on!).
The last hour of trekking took us down the mountain to the Maewang River for some Bamboo Rafting. Lifejackets weren’t necessary, as the dry season had kept the waters at knee level depths. Sure, this wasn’t white water style, but it had its ‘moments’ when 1) we nearly flipped the 1 meter-wide raft into the shallow waters 2) we had to play the splashing game with all the local kids as we floated by and 3) we nearly got stuck on the ‘un-authorized for riders’ climactic speed bump (1 foot drop off).
A sigh of relief, as the day was done. No better way to celebrate but with a few cold bottles of Singha!
After 2 strenuous but adventurous days, we were glad to be back in the city. After dinner and some oohing/aweing and complaining, we decided that a $2, 30-minute foot massage was warranted….and indeed it was!
To begin day 2, we woke up to toast, boiled eggs and hot tea! By 8:00am, we resumed our trails, pushing ourselves up and down the terrain with more ease in the cooler morning temperatures. After about 40 minutes, we encountered our new tour guides for the next hour and a half; a bunch of gigantic elephants! Although uncomfortable on the back and rear, the undulating and hilly elephant ride gave us more appreciation for this animals’ strength, stamina, agility and obedience!..what a great time! (and guess what elephant shit looks and sounds like???)
After resuming our hike for another 2 ½ hours, we made it to lunch at the Shan Village. Without hesitation, we all stripped then cannon-balled into the waterfall lagoon which was very refreshing! The cowbell rung, and instant noodles in village style broth was served! (of course, aC loaded the chilli power on!).
The last hour of trekking took us down the mountain to the Maewang River for some Bamboo Rafting. Lifejackets weren’t necessary, as the dry season had kept the waters at knee level depths. Sure, this wasn’t white water style, but it had its ‘moments’ when 1) we nearly flipped the 1 meter-wide raft into the shallow waters 2) we had to play the splashing game with all the local kids as we floated by and 3) we nearly got stuck on the ‘un-authorized for riders’ climactic speed bump (1 foot drop off).
A sigh of relief, as the day was done. No better way to celebrate but with a few cold bottles of Singha!
After 2 strenuous but adventurous days, we were glad to be back in the city. After dinner and some oohing/aweing and complaining, we decided that a $2, 30-minute foot massage was warranted….and indeed it was!
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