Booked

Apart from the elephant park we hadn't booked anything to keep us busy in Chiang Mai.
First thing we did when coming back in town was to go to a government approved tour operator and plan the rest of our stay.
Thursday will be a trip to the golden triangle. Let's see how this one goes as it's going to be the typical tourist tour which we usually avoid but that was the only way to get to some of the places we wanted to see.
Friday will be cooking class. I'm very much looking forward to that.
Saturday will be trekking in the jungle. Real trekking not the 1h trekking they tend to propose in most package. We actually struggled to find a tour without elephant riding. Honestly after we've heard the stories of the way elephants are treated in some of those places, there was no way we could ride an elephant without being 100% sure that they were well taken care of.
We have a full program ahead of us, of course all starting early in the morning :)