On the morning of our northern Thailand trek, we were out of bed early and keen to get packed and grab some breakfast. After a 7/11 toastie and a mad rush to get ready, we were downstairs in Deejai backpackers by 9am ready for collection. We had booked the 2d/1n trek through an online company called Travel hub Chiang Mai, which at first I was worried might be a scam; their prices were very cheap at £20 per person for the trip and you had to pay online. We took our chances and booked it, and sure enough at 9.30am a driver arrived to collect us in a songataew. We drove for about 40 minutes until we reached a food market and then started the ascent into the Doi Inthanon national park. Once you get towards the national park, the scenery is stripped back to smaller rural villages and large…
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