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After a week of midterm exams marking the culmination of eight weeks of classes, we were set free on a week-long fall break. To kick off the vacation, we embarked on a three-day trekking tour in the mountains of southern Chiang Mai. The students who had signed up for the trip were divided into two groups that would follow the same route starting from opposite ends of the path. After leaving the city early on Saturday morning in silver pickup trucks (the off-road version of red trucks), we drove through the hills and left the highway behind as we headed to our first stop along the way: the Tong Bai Elephant Sanctuary.
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This past weekend, as part of my Hill Tribe Field Study course, I had the opportunity to visit Mae Sa Mai with my classmates for an overnight homestay. This Hmong community is located roughly one hour north of Chiang Mai. The winding road up to the village was beautiful; as we rounded each corner, we saw a new terraced hillside or lush green forest.We made our first stop at the Royal Project Mae Sa Mai where we toured the grounds, passing greenhouses lined with strawberry plants and grape vines, bushes of coffee beans, and macadamia trees.
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