Mountain Bike Rides, Chiang Mai

Most visitors to Chiang Mai do their sightseeing from a tour bus and thus have little contact with the natives. Click and Travel Online, a local mountain-bike touring company, can help you get up close and personal with the local inhabitants. Ride around the flat Ping Valley, passing fruit orchards, rice fields and sleepy villages, with mountains forming the horizon. Visit places off the tourist track, including a lake where horses swim for exercise, a temple where monks administer to AIDS victims, and an island that was once a leper colony. Visit their website for further details.