Pak Chiang Mai

After the two day trek, we decided to take a lazy day in Chiang Mai. It was also the last day with our parents, so it was nice to enjoy the time together. We started out at the Northern Thailand Cultural Museum, and we left a bit disappointed. The museum was not suited well for foreigners and did a poor job of explaining a lot of the cultural hi...

Rachel - So we arrived after an interesting night on a sleeper train,took 17hours in total..the infamous never on time thai rule! think the train may have hit someone/something which caused delay even further! to occupy ourselves we drank beer, made friends with ryan and sam in the bunker next to us,were going to play travel cludo but it ended u...

Chiang Mai & Chiang Rai



Elephants, more elephants and visa run to Mae Sai

Arrival: Overnight train from Bangkok at 10.00 on 20th January



After 16,000 odd km you would think there could not be many surprises left but the train to Chiang Mai turns out to be one. We find our carriage, get on and i...

Day 17 – 21th Jan
“Meesta Doogray, Meesta Doogray”
Another day with not much to report, stick with it though, hopefully tomorrow will bring entertainment and stories of daring and adventure, or something along those lines.
We did do some organising for the South America trip today. For those that don’t know a...

The flight was a major step in our trip taking from the islands of Southern Thailand to the dense jungley North of Chiang Mai. We were both excited for Northern Thailand as that's always held the appeal of treks, tribes, elephants and more, so we said a sad goodbye to the well-loved beaches. They had been very good to us. Instead of a long bus r...

Hey all, been having a pretty chilled out few days up here, feels so nice not rushing round, stressing and sorting things out. Booked an action packed few days so we decided to chill before the the storm.
Came back from our trekking trip yest and i must be honest i am still aching, haha. Experience was AMAZING. Started off with a truck pick...

We woke early on the day of the trek and dropped off our backpacks at Same Same Guest house. We were tired but eager to leave tourist-ville and go to a less populated place and see some natural beauty instead of the countless Seven Elevens and restaurants.

A sawkawdee (a pick up truck converted into a bus) came to collect us and took us...

As usual it feels like soo much has happened! Sometimes I find myself having to stop lately and take a big breath and look around at where I am.

After feeling rather tense for weeks, it was such a relief to hear Vlasi's heart surgery went really well. His brother sent me a text message, I woke Marra my room mate with my energetic wahoo...

I feel I may have been a bit hasty last in my last blog and had only really concentrated on the negative aspects of this country as I had endured a couple of less than average days. Fortunately I have had the opportunity to sample a different side of Thailand since, quite literally, as I have gone some 700km away from the hustle and bustle of Ba...

In the afternoon we arrived in Chiang Mai after an easy busy ride down from Chiang Rai. We consulted our lonely planet guide, and picked a guesthouse that looked to be in the thick of the it, within the old-town moat, then headed there in a tuk-tuk and walked from guesthouse to guesthouse until we found a low-cost room that wasn't foul. The area...