"Trekking" in Pai

We signed up for a 2 day/1 night hilltribe trek as we didn't have enough time to do the standard 3 day hike. I think we walked for about an hour both days on a leisurely track, so you could hardly call it a trek, but it was still cool to meet the local hill tribe people and find out about their ways. But boy were they persistent in selling us their wares!


A definite highlight was riding the elephants. We were allowed to ride on their necks if we wanted to, so Sue and I hopped onto our respective ellies' necks and felt first hand how prickly their skin is! It was amazing, although I did have flashbacks to my rib-breaking horse fall and realised that the elephant's neck was a lot higher!!





We 'adopted' a little hill tribe boy and named him Maddox.

Sunset over the village...
The locals put on a bit of a show for us around the campfire. The girls get married off to boys in the same village when they are about 13, so there was an 18 yo girl with a 2yo child! They haven't quite yet figured out the implications of incest!

Sue came to terms with the loos and found it all rather amusing.
Our accommodation for the night...

"Gaan kuk in die mielies!!"
Our Team, with guide Won.