I've already been back in Chiang Mai for over a week again and just saw Clare off to the islands of Southern Thailand. We climbed 5 days together with great success.
Crazy Horse, notice the ears
Crazy Horse Buttress, as the climbing area is called, has some great, unique climbs. One highlight was climbing a detached pillar, transferring onto a stalactite and then onto the main wall again. Another was scrambling into a cave to find a route that led towards a hole in the roof of the cave.
There was also a crazy climb featuring stalactites that stick out horizontally. Clare and I were both pleased with our climbing and with the area. I will meet someone else to climb with for this week.
Today, for Clare's last day up North, we went up to the Mae Sa Elephant Camp, home to over 70 elephants. We arrived just on time to see the show, involving elephant soccer, basketball, music, and painting.
unfortunately he didn't score on this attempt
It is extremely hard not to fall in love with the elephants. I hadn't done anything like this on my trip so far and I'm really glad I finally got around to seeing some elephants. One deterrent had been my fear of it being overpriced, but when we got there the tickets didn't seem to be mandatory and we got to spend the afternoon there for free.
This young elephant was particularly cheeky
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