4-Day trek out of Chiang Mai A group of eight adventurers headed northwest out of Chiang Mai for 4 days in the mountains and survived....
		We left the charm of Chiang Mai for... ....a 4 day adventure in the Northern Mountains we drove for hours and hours until... way up in the mountains we came to a place of solitude - a quiet sanctuary and a spooky cave home to a colony of bats yes, we were the brave and the few... and then we drove and drove till we were almost literally sick of it At the drop off location. We wouldn't see the truck for three days till we had hiked about thirty kilometers through rice fields and hilltribe villages and seen some unusual insects and animals Our camp for the first night high in the hills our sleeping cabin our bathing area a Karen woman selling handicrafts beautiful morning sun and a welcome breakfast lovingly prepared by our guide, Tri the locals came over for an early morning visit the Thais are beautiful and peaceful this little calf was a source of amusement to two puppies We hiked and hiked up hills and over rivers getting up onto the elephants and taking a slow walk through the forest was the way to go after hours of hiking A much needed bath in the river at the end of a long day Our next stop for the evening in a village full of life and teeming with children Bright and early - onward the next morning through the fields and streams and over bridges until the weary travelers came to the rafting camp where we stayed for our third night and took the slow boat down the Maechaem with our guide, Montri, at the helm after our last hike, a welcome sight: the truck then we drove and drove, up to the highest peak in Thailand Doi Inthanon Holy shrines to the Buddha where many come from far and wide to offer prayers The intrepid mountaineers at their last stop we made it back to the capital of the north and a reunion dinner at a riverside restaurant later that night.