The first day we walked for three hours up muddy terrain. Our biggest fear: leeches. One actually managed to bite our guide, but he found it before it did too much damage. Jackie found a leech on her shoe and handled it quite calmly. I saw a leech between my shoe and sock and was calm as well. Then I thought I saw it squiggle into my sock and, to put it lightly, all hell broke loose. It did not, by the way, actually get into my sock.
We also had to crossing a rickety bridge to get to the village we were to spend the night at.
Jackie treks with PIZZAZZ!!!!! (But those of you who know her know she's not capable of trekking any other way)
Yes, this spider really IS as big as it looks.
Ek, our guide, who had been a Buddhist monk for two years and a novice for three. Buddhist men in Thailand are expected to be monks for at least part of their lives, during which they can't drink, shouldn't smoke, and are to have no physical contact with women. At the Chiang Mai airport, there's a section reserved for monks and novices alone.
Matt, one of our fellow trekkers, demonstrates how the English dance. And yes, they all dance EXACTLY like this.
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