September 30 - October 6
With only a week left before our 30 day visa ran out, we headed back north towards towards Laos via Chang Mai. Having spent all of our time so far in Bangkok and Koh Phangan, we were ready to see more of Thailand. Chaing Mai was refreshing. It's the mountains in northern Thailand. The ancient capital is a good mix of the old and new city.
We stayed at a lovely guesthouse with hot showers, our first in four months. Absolute luxury. Our guesthouse even had a pool. It was a nice place to recover from our epic 36 hour journey from the islands via: ferry, multiple buses and train.
Northern Thailand is great for outdoor adventures. Our main goal was to find some white water. We signed up for and elephant trek with a 10km whitewater rafting trip. The elephant trekking was fun but the 10 km of solid class 3s and class 4s was the big event of the day. It was fantastic.
We were completely drenched. At one point we were pinned between two rocks and going backwards down a giant rapid. Our guide had to bail out in order to squeeze us through. What a rush. Between rapids we jumped out of our raft for a quick swim in the warm river water.
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