ok been gone 3 days in the jungle now but saw some thai boxing before i went, wasn't great as it was mostly just kids fighting. started the trip 3 days ago, went to a butterfly and orchids farm in the morning then did am hour elephant 'safari' which was hot slow and quite uncomfortable. also apparantly the elephants are beaten badly when they are young to make the, obey which took the shine off things. After lunch we started our trek in the monsoon rain which is heavy to say the least. The stream we had to cross over several times became knee deep so my trainers got soaked and being waterproof kept the water. So i decided to continue in flip flops and later bare feet. The path was all up hill but i found it pretty easy. Really enjoyed being in the rain forest away from the traffic and doing a bit of exercise. Spent the night in a hill tribe at the top of the mountain, acommodation was basic but fine, nice watching the sun set over the rainforest and mountains. The second day was all trekking mixed in with a few water falls where we could swim, again the trail was awesome and scenery superb. We spent the night in a bamboo shed facing the river (no wall just a veranda). The first event happened early on on the 3rd day when some nut job old frenchman decided to go for a swim in the river and got caught in the current and taken down some fairly beasty rapids, he survived with a few bumps and bruises. Next was the white water rafting which was short but good fun with some pretty cool rapids. So all in all a good trip, one of the best bits had to be the food which was superb and best of plentiful so as it was
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