Elliebum Chiang Mai

... and concentrate on your body with 3 easy steps. Lift <pause> Move <pause> Thread <pause> Now the other foot...Lift, Move, Thread. For 25 minutes, I went the distance of 20 meters., I repeated this action, with success I might add of keeping my mind clear of thoughts. At this pace, it would take me 33 hours to walk a mile. (Engineering friends, is this correct?) The meditation continued for hours and hours, followed by lunch ...

... with the exception of the first soup). Each of us ate our own creations. Tiger Chef joined us for another shot of whiskey, but this one was some other kind.

We had such a good time. Tiger Chef must have enjoyed it too, because he invited us for a vegetable and fruit carving class and also to stay for dinner. Sadly, we could not stay. We were presented with Certificates of Completion of Traditional Soups & Noodles, new aprons, the recipes of the dishes we had ...

... gave us plenty of time to stop and admire the view, there was time for joking and fun.When I asked what happens if someone doesn't have enough momentum and stops in the middle of the cable, they showed me - they left me hanging there in the air, like a giant bird stuck in the canopy. That was the ...

... to chill by the pool until we go out 4 dinner 2nite and r last night with lucy and simon - and wi - we get a new tour guide (Joe - whos french!?) - umm every1 seems to b havin trouble gettin money out at the atm - do u think u cud ring abbey and tell them im here and may want to use my debit card - im ok money wise atm but u never know! anyway hope all is well - ive found some very nice cats so far! but hope tanzy fidge and ginge r ok! love u lots xxxxxx

... as the place with the most people which we had found was an internet cafe we gave up and went back. We were just chilling and reading on the balcony/corridor outside our room when the old Japanese man next door came back to his room. We had met him the night before sat in the same place and had had a very interesting conversation as he speaks about as much English as we do Japanese. So he spoke to us in Japanese and we spoke to us in English. It was good ...

... to pick someone up so we snagged a free lift. Chiang Mai is a lovely little town ... much slower-paced than Bangkok with lots of sleepy side streets and waterways although it still has it's fair share of hustle and bustle at the weekend markets; we enjoyed walking around that evening. Yesterday we were up bright and early for our jungle trekking trip. First on the agenda was elephant riding. Having ridden a huge male camel in Egypt I had a good idea what to expect but I ...

The first of a three day trek began with a taxi-van ride for an hour with seven other people that were also staying in Spicythai Backpackers' Hostel. We were collected at nine in the morning, and headed into the mountains for an hour's ride. The taxi-vans are similar to small army vans, where people sit on benches, with backs to the side of the vehicle, and everyone facing in. They're a very simple and effective form of transport. The first ...