It has been a few days since I have posted, mostly due to the fact that we have done quite a bit of traveling the last couple of days. On our last weekend up in Chiang Mai we split into two groups. One group went to the elephant sanctuary and the other trekked up to Doi Inthanon National Park and admired some amazing sites. Justin, Seema, Dr. Balk and myself took the more site seeing approached and it did not disappoint. We made three stops, the temples at the top of Doi Inthanon, Wachirathan Falls, and Pha Chor.
All three sites were absolutely beautiful and believe it or not it felt like we experienced three different seasons. At our first stop at the top of Doi Inthanon (the tallest mountain in Thailand) it was just above 60 degrees and raining and it reminded me a lot of a Maine April. Then our van driver Burt took us to Wachirathan Falls and it was stunning! It has been years since I've been to a waterfall and it took a lot of self control to not want to jump in! The last site was probably my favorite and was completely unplanned, it is called Pha Chor. Pha Chor is a cliff in Chiang Mai that is caused by an uplift in tectonic plates and also by wind/rain erosion. Prior to the uplifting it was a riverbed so it left a fascinating structure behind.
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