What do you get when you mix "happy water", a mountain village tribe, a ritualistic healing, bamboo rafts, elephants, an epic birthday bash and song filled starry nights???- Our most epic of Jungle Treks! You thought I packed light for the month??... you should have seen what I brought on this trek *cough* nothing much *cough*... pretty much the clothes on my back, a pair of shorts, a razor and a bottle of water. Of course, I was glad that I didn't pack much after the days of uphill hiking that we did!
We started off lounging in some amazing hot springs... the lap of luxury to ease up the muscles for the torture that we were about to endure haha. The first leg of our trek was about 2 and 1/2 hours up the mountain to an amazing lookout... then a hike down the other side where we stopped for lunch. Then another hike to a small village where we spent the night singing by the camp fire and sleeping all of us in one room under bug nets on the floor (it was actually pretty cumfy.) Not gonna lie, first night was pretty chill compared to what was to come!
Day two, we headed out by foot to the elephant camp ( a two hour hike that ended with a group bath in the river right beside an elephant just hanging out and eating behind us :S) We rode the elephants through the jungle and down the river to the next small village where the celebrations for sharon's bday began! Lots of music and singing, plus a fair amount of "happy water" that made some of us SUPER drunk... and one of us SUPER sick (which is where the ritualistic healing came into play.) The village was pretty amazing though with no electricity or anything... and water buffalo under the shower (yup... i said it.)
The next morning, we hopped onto our bamboo rafts and floated home on the river. It was a lot of work but a crazy three days... I wouldn't trade it for the world... but it's nice to be back in a real bed (rock solid as it may be :P)
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