Riding Elephants in Pai

After spending my last few days in Chiang Mai with an eye infection (from the water festie), I decided it was time to move on to Pai. Pai is a little town northwest of Chiang Mai, but it is full of wannabe hippies - I don't know why, but I have a massive dislike of white people with dreadlocks - and the ride here was murder. I was in a minibus with the driver determined to get here as fast as possible around a bunch of tight curves - I wanted to hurl the entire trip.

Anyways, after spending a couple days here just chilling out, I went for an elephant ride. The first bit was hard, getting used to the elephant and the massive toll it was taking on my thighs, but overall I really enjoyed it. Our elephant was a bit naughty and I don't think it liked us that much because it kept blowing snot all over us. Also, the guy I was riding with was a bit of a bigger lad and after it tossed us in the river, it wouldn't let him get back on.

I'm going to spend another day or two in Pai chilling out before heading to Mae Hong Son to do some trekking.