I am sitting in Nan waiting for the group to arrive, they have sucessfully negotiated the overnight train from Bangkok and are now on their way to the staging point. Today will see an 8km trek into the Valley staying overnight in the Phu Pha foundation followed by a short 4km trek to the put in at Sop Muang tomorrow morning. Sun is out, conditions are good with the river running at medium level and after the pre trip survey the only thing of note at the moment is a tree we have to portage in the morning of river day two (not the guides favourite pastime :) so things are looking good for a great descent.

Robin

Reto has finished the initial set up of our new Wild Lodge in Northen Thailand in the Muang Khong valley. Images will be posted later. This will be developed along with the local community over the next few months.

Plans are being made with Sal Madden to conduct the first trip on the new self-supported 3 day route from Muang Khong to summit Doi Chiang Dao, Thailands third highest peak at around 6,600 ft.

I have just returned from a recce in the valley area with the team from AIS and our local guide P’Mu and after a hard off road day it looks like we will be putting together a challenging journey program for their Yr 9 students involving an exploratory trek around the Muang Khong valley and a decent of the Mae Teng River in small self contained groups. We found some great free camping sites out towards Hui Nam Dan a Lisu village and will be posting some images shortly

Cheers

Robin