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Jungle Trek: Jungle Trek
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  • Written by vigi on Jan 18, 2004
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  • Fondest Memory: Here we are, set off for the 3-day Jungle Trek near Burma Boarder. A team of 6 persons from U.S.A., Canada, Australia, and me from hong Kong.

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    Jungle Trek: Burma Boarder
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  • Written by vigi on Jan 18, 2004
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  • Favorite Thing: The trek selected by Libra Guesthouse is located near Chiang Rai and Burma boarder, pretty nice scenery. Not too difficult but interesting enough. Here is a view towards Burma boarder.


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    Jungle Trek: Jungle Trek - Waterfall
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  • Written by vigi on Jan 18, 2004
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  • Favorite Thing: This is our first stop after a 2-hour trek. This waterfall is beautiful. Unfortunately, temperature is too cold to jump in for a swim. We had our lunch box here, vegetable fried rice, then continue the trek to the first village.


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    Jungle Trek: Jungle Hotel
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  • Written by vigi on Jan 18, 2004
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  • Fondest Memory: OK. This is our Jungle Hotel. Simple bamboo hut with mosquitoe net. A big room which can accomodate 12 people. Pretty spacious for a 6-person team like us.

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    Jungle Trek: Jungle Kids
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  • Written by vigi on Jan 19, 2004
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  • Fondest Memory: Here are the kids of the first village we visited. Well, these kids are spoiled, with too many tourists visits. The first thing they speak to me was Au-Bu-U-Ja, which means hello, good morning, good bye, how are you. All in one word. Immediately after that, they asked me for candies. If you want to give them candies, prepare a whole pack, if you try to give them bit by bit, like me, don't work. They'll attack you! Attack your pocket, attack your hands... until they make sure there's no more candies left with me!

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    Jungle Trek: Little Pinky No Pants
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  • Updated by vigi on Aug 8, 2004
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  • Fondest Memory: This is another Jungle Kid, the Little-Pinky-No-Pants. He is good at asking for candies, playing with baby puppy, riding a dog while twisting its ears like riding a motorbike, and playing with knife. He chop his fingers, without crying, laughing instead! I was woundering why these kids don't cry even he cut his fingers. Perhaps their born character is happy? Or perhaps the drug? I don't know...

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    Jungle Trek: Jungle Candle Light Dinner
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  • Written by vigi on Jan 18, 2004
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  • Favorite Thing: We had our "romantic" candle light dinner in the jungle. Our leader "Pom Pom" cooked us 2 dishes with vegetales and green curry chicken, yummy!!


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    Jungle Trek: Jungle Dance
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  • Written by vigi on Jan 19, 2004
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  • Fondest Memory: OK. Here is the set performance, the kids are supposed to sing and dance around the camp fire after dinner. Well, at first I thought this is their normal practice after dinner, but in fact, this is a forced performance set by the tour organized. Can see the kids not really willing to perform, just try to finish the assignment. They are more interested in our candies and playing with our digital cameras.

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    Jungle Trek: Jungle Choir
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  • Written by vigi on Jan 19, 2004
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  • Fondest Memory: Let me introduce the leader of our Jungle Choir, Mr. Chicken! He love to perform on a stage (broken tree trunk). Their show start sharp at 3am till dawn, always on time. The chicken of the whole village will take turn to sing first, then birds thorwn in before dogs and pigs joining towards sunrise. Surround-sound some more!

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    Jungle Trek: 2nd Day Jungle Trek
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  • Written by vigi on Jan 18, 2004
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  • Fondest Memory: Set off 9 o'clock in the next morning, we continous our trek towards another minority village.

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    Comments for vigi about Chiang Mai
    sim1 Sun May 27, 2007 19:42 UTC
     I really liked your restaurant tips! Eating local food is a great part of travelling :-) The jungle trek sounds like fun, but 3 hours on a raft like that sure sounds like loooong time!
    pcc51 Sun Jul 2, 2006 05:23 UTC
     Since you went to Changmai, have you been in Ma Hong Son? There are more jungle activities!
    gib157 Sun Jun 5, 2005 14:44 UTC
     Great pages Virginia. I did a similar trek last year but my bamboo rafting only lasted 30 mins. 3 hours! how did you cope. I might check Libra guesthouse out this summer. Thanks again for very useful tips! jon
    mim95 Thu May 5, 2005 01:13 UTC
     Good tips! The bamboo rafting looks a bit scary...
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