Chiang Mai day 2

On Saturday our group woke up early and went down to the hotel cafe where we were treated to a grand American breakfast. It was my first real breakfast since I have been here! It felt like Christmas morning! We feasted on French toast, eggs, fruit salad, and toast. Normally Thai people eat some sort of rice dish for breakfast, which the hotel also served. I'll give America this much they sure know how to do breakfast right!

Once I was sufficiently stuffed it was time to go to a national park north of Chiang Mai. Our guide said that the trail we were going on provided the best views in Thailand! It took us a bit over three hours to make the steep trek up to the top but it was well worth it!


Above is the view from the top of the mountain and below is a rhododendron that was growing in the side of the cliff. While climbing to the top out guide calmly told us, "if you trip no trip to right, steep cliff, you will die." Luckily none of us tripped.



The mountain was so tall that we were surrounded by clouds at the top.






Below is a view of what the forest looked like on the inside, which is what we were walking through for most of our trek.


We even made a special trip to see this giant waterfall. Unfortunately I think it might have been a bad omen of what was to come later that evening.


While at the night market in Chiang Mai we were walking around, shopping for souvenirs, and eating yummy food. Out of nowhere the clouds opened up and it started raining buckets! We were soaked in now time and had to wait almost an hour for our group to get together so we could all leave. Even though the streets were flooding it was a lot of fun running through the rain and just goofing off. There was no drainage system on any of the streets that we encountered. The water was six inches up my calf and a Thai man joked with us that we could probably get there faster if we swam!

Location:Thailand