jungle fever

i haven't figured out a very efficient way to upload all of the photos i've captured so far, so in the mean time i've provided just a sampling of what i've covered over the past couple of days. the highlight was the 2-day group hike through the jungle northwest of chiang mai. on the "trek" we visited a fairly remote karen (one of the several native tribal groups) village, rode elephants along the ping river banks, and capped it off with a bamboo rafting excursion. this album is just a taste of some of the sights: mae sot trek