Caving and yet more 'reggae' bars

Caving and abseiling today - although after our incredible canyoning adventure yesterday Lauren, Andy, Sam and I found it a bit of an anticlimax. The best (and most terrifying) part of the day was a tyrolean traverse across a huge, deep cavern followed by an abseil (we were pretty much suspended in mid-air for several minutes) down to the cavern floor. I somehow drew the short straw and ended up going first, and despite having just yesterday abseiled 100 metres down a waterfall with no problems, I felt a bit too queasy looking down into the abyss today!

After lunch came rock climbing, when I managed to get myself stuck just a few metres from the ground, as all the strain of the last few days' activities finally caught up with me and my muscles completely gave out...half way up a rock. Couldn't go up, couldn't come down. Great timing, muscles.

For our last night in town we went out for dinner and then some of us hit the Rooftop Bar, yet another one of those supposed 'reggae' bars with the pictures of Bob Marley but the music of a dance club. The best thing about the bar, though, was that it was, as the name suggested, on a rooftop and open to the stars. My personal favourite part of the night was when I discovered a cockroach...on Kim's back.

Last dinner in Chiang Mai

Rooftop Bar

Last night in Chiang Mai

Caving and yet more 'reggae' bars

Chiang Mai, Thailand