chaing mai - atv treck

23 june 2010

Today is the day England played there last qualifying match. They kick off English time 1500hrs but in our time in Thailand 2100hrs. So me and Aimee had time to kill before kick off. This is what we done with our day.

The day before (22nd) we went to monkey school and on the way back to the hostel we stumbled across a centre that does tours of the mountains not by foot but by atv ( quad bikes) ha ha our faces lit up at the thought of climbing a mountain on a 4x4 and both of us having our own bike and a guide called Singh.

The day started off really early for us, and it had been raining so we both knew the terrain was going to be wet and muddy but we cracked on and went after a spot of breakfast eggs bacon and toast.

The car turned up to pick us up.
we got in to the car to be greeted by 2 young lads who introduced them selves as Singh and Bond and what characters they were what a laugh Bond had been on the whisky the night b4 and to put it nicely was still shit faced but in good spirits singh on the other hand was the driver and our guide 4 the day.

When we arrived at the centre we was given our bikes a helmet and a quick how to guide. We was sent off around a small track to see how good we was. Then off we went in a cloud of smoke one behind the other venturing up the mountain.

We had our first pit stop and singh showed us the views and explained how the fields used to be opium fields. But the king was horrified with his and offered them the chance to grow tea and cabbage.

This is the fields where the king buys his tea from

Don't be fooled by the slum look village

The King buys his tea from this field he pays up to £23 for one cup of tea. So to be honest this village isn't short of cash. Even tho the village looks like a slum they all drive around in high lux wagons and cars.

When we got to the top, Singh took us to a sacred place where the Sikh's and Buddist's both go to give offerings to the King and the princess he won in a battle between 3 other kings. This is the king that founded the city.

When Aimee took a picture of this monument he started to go mad. He told us that we should not laugh at this photo as it will bring bad luck on to his people.