Elephant riding in Chiang Mai

I had to head up to Chiang Mai for work for five days so Dung took the same flight up and hung around Chiang Mai seeing the sights in Thailand's second city. Chiang Mai is up north and in more rugged territory than the plains around Bangkok. I hadn't seen mountains for so long it surprised me when I looked out the window one day and saw actual forest on actual hills. Dung took it one better and took an elephant safari at the Maetamann Elephant Camp, saddling up on an elephant for an hour and trekking through the jungle, then rafting down the river on a little bamboo raft. Meanwhile I sat in meetings all day. But at night we got out to see the town, which is really pretty adorable.