Dec. 30, Chiang Dao

We took a 1.5 hr local bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Dao arriving at Malee's Guest House at about lunch time. Our bungalow retreat is 6 km from town in the jungle. It's beautiful and there are about 6-7 friendly doggies there. The hotel is fully booked for the holiday weekend so we are lucky to have a room.

This afternoon the 3 of us trekked from our lodge up and down on a slipppery trail to the large Chiang Dao cave which is quite the underground complex. There are several rooms, hidden passage ways which we had to crawl through, and amphitheaters. We hired a local woman to show us the way and carrying a lantern. Otherwise we would have gotten lost for sure and hopefully not down the 30 meter hole she pointed out.

Tomorrow we hope to visit the elephant training center and ring in 2007 with a BBQ back at Malee's GH. Happy 2007!