Final day of the trek was a fun one. It was a short, hour or so, walk to the rafting camp. Amy, Jen, Tej, Agnes, Juliet and myself were in one boat, and the Danes and the Australians in another. Our boat definitely kicked butt. The river was quite low, but the big rocks in the rapids added some fun when it could have been a little less exciting without them. We got stuck once or twice but nothing close to what happened with the other boat. After a bit of “shakey shakey shakey” we eventually got to where we switched over to the bamboo rafting. The river guide picked me to “captain sparrow” the boat at the front, and after a few screams, a somewhat sinking raft, and the advice “if it not sink it not fun!” we continued down the rest of the river. It was pretty relaxing and very “Thailand.”

After one last meal we got back into the truck and had a really not fun at all 1 and a half hour ride back to Chiang Mai. We had a nice little chat with Oaf before getting dropped off at our old hostel. We couldn’t get a room, but eventually found another after a bit of walking around.

A nice meal and a dip in a really cold pool, a bit of law and order on TV, and then off to sleep we go.