Our guide told us that we needed to eat a lot during lunchtime because we had a strenuous hike ahead. Our plan was to stay the night with some of the hill tribes in Northern Chiang Mai. If you look closely at the first picture you can see a little village on top of the hill. Our guide wasn’t kidding when he said the hike would be a little strenuous. Actually the hike wasn’t bad, but the heat and humidity made it difficult. About three-fourths of the way into our hike, Sonja stopped and started to throw up. I think the heat had really gotten to her. I also had (still have) heat rash down my arms. We were grateful when we made it to a waterfall to cool off. We gladly immersed ourselves in the water. When we finally made it to the top of the hill, our guide pointed out that we would be staying in the village on the next hill over, so we continued to hike a little longer. The last picture is taken from the top of one hill looking toward the next hill we needed to climb. I don’t think the American girls with us enjoyed the hike, but I actually thought it was a lot of fun. Thailand is so green and beautiful.