Sunday, September 21, 2008

Trekking in Northern Thailand

Some shots from our trek: The first is where we stayed the night in the "long neck" village.
The next is on some of the hiking - crazy jungle. I tried not to look around too much to see what was lurking in the shrubbage - the noises were scary enough! Not to mention what we heard sleeping in the village that night - I don't know WHAT could make noises like that!

Then we went elephant riding. Really not as exciting as we thought - the guides were a little mean to the cute beasts - this was a very touristy part of the trekking tour. But still many good pics and a bit of an adventure!

Finally, we went to this waterfall with a natural waterslide. Here is a shot of Rochelle getting ready to take the plunge. It was nice after a hot day of hiking and elephant-riding to cool off in the water. Once again, I did not look to hard at the surroundings - I don't really want to know any of the slithery things that were imagining me for dinner!

2 comments:

Skizzle said...

Duderellas! I just rode a man-made waterslide too.... does it count if Sam made it?! I'm not sure what that means, but it's good. Glad you're all having a blast. I'm still in portland, and it's sunny today. We get to go to belize on Sat to brave the hurricanes, so we're bringin our life jackets. Well keep the posts comin, I love your pics, looks like a blast. Can't wait til you all get back! -Skye

edbrooks said...

Hey this looks too good to be true. I am here in New Jersey where it's starting to cool off...too much so to wear a bathing suit. Hey Lauren..it's your cousin Ed Brooks! How are you?? Email me some time
edbrooks@comcast.net
Take care