Southeast Asia Adventure: Chaing Mai and Pai- We're off to rock climb more to come later....

A few pics from Chaing Mai and Pai. We spent the last week exploring northern Thailand. In Chaing Mai we took a cooking class where we learned how to make many local dishes. We saw the city and all the temples from riding bikes and hiring Tuk Tuk drivers... After three days there we took an adventurous bus ride up to Pai (a small town in the mountains) which we absolutely loved! It is a backpackers paradise. We arrived and walked across bamboo bridges until we found the perfect little bungalow overlooking the river. The small streets are lined with small restaurants, yoga shops, trekking companies, and bars. When night time came all the backpackers join together, play drinking games and tell stories from their day's adventure. We rode an elephant (bareback) for a half day which was quite interesting- but very fun! We took a short ride through the jungle and then headed to the river where the elephant rolled around in the water and threw us off us back. It was great, but a little scary knowing that a massive animal could roll over and splatter you...

The next day we departed for our two day raft trip with an older couple. The river wasn't quite up to "Colorado Rapids" because their rainy season isn't in full effect yet. But nerveless it was a blast and we enjoyed rafting through the jungle. We never saw monkeys but a few snakes were spotted dangling off trees.

We are now down south on Raily Beach off of Karabi (which is on the Adamin Sea). It is amazing here with the white sand beaches, clear warm water, and bungalows overlooking the sea. We are off to Koh Phi Phi tomorrow! Will update more later!