Today began with one hell of a delicious breakfast from out hotel. False. Disgusting breakfast that was 250 baht a person (like 10 bucks Canadian... Keep in mind we can get good food for 50 baht), but since it was the only place open we had no choice.
We were supposed to get picked up for a trek up in the mountains between 9 and 9:30... We didn't get picked up until 10. He had the hotel number wrong and was unresponsive while he continued to babble on the phone in Thai and walk further and further away from us with our receipt. Finally we got on the bus.
We drove to the trek place where we realized that perhaps this was not the tour we hoped for as it was 99% Chinese tourists and no backpackers in sight. The Chinese on our tour bus were the slowest tourists ever, spending ridiculously long times in the bathroom constantly changing their clothes because of the rain. It was extremely irritating.
The first thing we did was ride an elephant. This would have been really fun... Until our "driver" whacked the elephant in the head with a bullhook when it hesitated for a brief moment. This ruined the ride for me.
We then did a little hike to visit some Long Neck villagers. It was neat to see and it felt like we were in national geographic.
Second thing we did was go zip lining. This was very fun, and the instructors were awesome . We zipped through 19 platforms in heavy rain, as Brad put it, stronger than Brad's parents' shower. I have never experienced being completely drenched and soaked to the bone from rain before, but I was completely dripping wet afterwards!!
We then went on a bamboo raft and floated down the Mae Tang River for about 30minutes in the pouring rain. It was quite beautiful and relaxing!
We then went on some crazy ass ride in the back of a pickup truck to see a waterfall. It was quite beautiful, though the journey there was uncomfortable. Brad was VIP and got to sit in the cab because his big butt took up enough space to two Chinese women, and we couldn't all fit in the back. I got jostled around pretty good.
We then went white water rafting. This was super fun and our guides were fantastic. I had never been before and it was amazing fun!
We were the last tour to leave the area (thanks to the high maintenance women we were with) and began our drive back to Chaing Mai. On the way back, one of the ladies began to make ridiculous demands, treating our guide like a taxi driver. She wanted him to drive her to the dinner party she was supposed to go to instead of back to her hotel. Brad told her to calm down after she complained she didn't want to be wet and cold on a tuktuk.
Finally we reached our hotel destination. We took our soggy selves swimming at our kickass hotel pool. Brad was teaching me how to dive (and I was actually experiencing some success!) when I got stung by a wasp on my back. Brad then went from my diving instructor to my first aid giver.
We then went for a lovely dinner at LemonTree, then I sang some karaoke in a ladyboy bar.
We bought beer, drank in our hotel room, and then went to sleep.
Weird day with many highs and lows.
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