It's just like Disneyland!

I recently realized just how ingrained Disney is in my thoughts. Last weekend we went on this incredible trek through the jungle, riding elephants, rafting, hiking, and spending the night in a Hill Tribe village. So sweet, and pretty much everything we did or saw I had a vision of Disneyland or a Disney movie pop into my head. White water rafting was about half a step up from Grizzly Rapids with a little bit of Jungle Cruise mixed in. Bamboo rafting was about 3 steps down from It’s a Small World. Haha The Indiana Jones song was definitely playing in my head the entire time we hiked through the trees. The elephants gave us all flashbacks to Jungle Book and Dumbo. I half expected George of the jungle to swing down on a vine with Tarzan. When we woke up in the morning with our hut surrounded by clouds, Andrew could have sworn we went to Narnia.

Aside from proving that Walt Disney’s a genius, this really showed me how incredible this experience is when the only things I can compare it to are movies I grew up on. It’s so surreal that I’m even here but there are those days when it hits me. The trek was definitely one of those days. It was so beautiful. I wish the pictures did a better job of capturing it. Hiking through the jungle, up the mountains, in the pouring rain was absolutely incredible. The valley covered in clouds was completely breathtaking. It really is amazing! I’m so lucky to be here!

Just one of the beautiful views from our hike. Oh! Another movie it just reminded me of, Jumanjii!!!

Cage of doom! This is how they got us across the river, in the crazy cage slid across this zipline thing. Pretty much insane. Sort of felt like being trafficked....

On our hike. Noah and Bronwin wearing sweet hats our guide Rambo (no lie. That's his name because he's awesome) made out of leaves. Noah's makes him look like Peter Pan. Way to keep with the Disney theme :)

Elephant riding! I think you should all know that our elephant had a serious attitude. Towards the end of our ride he was a little too excited to get rid of us and started booking it down this hill. I definitely screamed (and by scream I mean man yelled) as I came a good couple inches off my seat and clung on for dear life.

We crossed all sorts of rivers and streams. They were all really pretty, though slightly treacherous for balance challenged individuals like myself.