Chiang Mai

Beginning on Wednesday, we took a trek, the trendy word meaning "to hike on a trail with tourists," over 2 days with a group of 11 others from all over the world (Poland, Ireland, Finland, French living in Pakistan, and Australia). We stayed very high up on a ridge in a village that was well equipped with solar panels on top of the homes. They farm the steep, slippery hillsides with rice and corn. The village is Catholic, rather than Buddhist like most of Thailand. We rode on elephants for part of the trek and floated down the Mae Taeng river on bamboo rafts. The trip included white-water rafting as well, "shooting the chutes" with a guide and 4 others, including an extremely nervous Korean girl.

We are taking a bus to Pai today, pronounced "bye." The town is known for beautiful mountains and live music, so we are excited to chill there for a few days before we fly back to Phnom Penh to get back to work with RDI. Thanks for reading. Hope you are well.