We all spent the morning climbing up and down the Sticky Waterfalls in Chiang Mai
Today was our check-out day at the AirBnb, but we hadn't made our way to the Sticky Waterfalls yet! First thing in the morning, we booked a driver to take us an hour north of Chiang Mai to the Sticky Waterfalls where we spent the morning, until about 1pm. The waterfalls are not "waterfalls" exactly, but water cascading down a few hundred feet of rock that has limestone deposits and pits in it, such that it is very grippy and you can walk up and down them!
It is quite lush and a much cooler temperature than the surrounding area so it was a nice break from some of the heat and smoke that we are experiencing due to the "burning season." There were a number of shallow pools at the base of 4 different sections of falls which weren't exactly the type of pool to sit and relax in (with all of the tourists and the shallowness). It was a good place to spend the morning but the kids started to get antsy and wanted to leave after a while, so we hopped in the van and went back to the AirBnb to check out around 2pm.
The driver then took us to Cynthia's as she and Maceo offered to drive us to Mae Sot once Maceo got out of school. We packed up some food and hopped into Cynthia's car and started the drive around 4pm. The drive went surprisingly quickly, but we are all glad we had taken Gravol as the 5-hour drive had plenty of turns and winding corners...yuck! We were very thankful to have Cynthia available to drive us and James and Maceo played Nintendo in the back seat the whole way so there is a strong chance that when asked, "What was your favourite part of the trip?" James will answer "playing Nintendo for 5 hours with Maceo"...also "yuck!"
We arrive at the hotel in Mae Sot at about 9pm. We checked in, ate a few snacks we had with us, and went to bed...it was a lot of driving today!
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