Day 8: Chiang Mai We got off the train at 10am and headed to the hotel, which was quite nice, I'd guess 3 star, which was good because the next few days were the hilltribe trek which was going to be really basic conditions! Chiang Mai is the 'capital of the north' and is a fairly big city but in a strange way it doesnt seem so. The advantage of ...

Thursday 19th June We set off for Chiang Mai, which is about 900 km North of Bangkok, on the 7.35pm sleeper train from Bangkok. Earlier that day we explored Bangkoks Gourmet food market and I tried to find some alcohol for our fourteen hour train journey that evening. As you may or may not be aware I am not a fan of Beer. In fact the taste of it...

I have been neglecting this for the longest time, i have been on the road, and its real tiring. Chiang Mai Its gotta be one of the best places that i have visited, the city is not so crazy, its relatively quiet but its a pretty nice place to be at. The streets, some of them, aint lited with street lights, and when you re walking back home at nig...

Second week has arrived and the first day was great. We spent it reviewing the previous weeks work and getting the order and timings clearer in our heads. Met up with 2 new level 1's (Americans) after school and went for some food. They were both very nice and we had a lovely evening. We tried out this amazing Veggie places called Blue Diamond a...

Well I made it here. Flight was long and tiring. As it was a night flight the lights when out after dinner and I found it too much of a strain on my eyes to stay awake so gave up and got some sleep. I did manage to find a really nice meditation track on the audio system which was really unexpected and a lovely way to spend a few hours. Was disap...

pozdrav Iz naslov arazvidno se se vedno nahajava v malem mestecu na severu Tajske, ki je res prava zakladnica. Od zadnjega javljanja sva z majo obiskala zivalski vrt in sla na prvi dan tecaja plezanja. Zivalski vrt ni niti priblizno podoben zivalskemu vrtu kakrsnih smo navajeni doma. Ze na vhodu je obiskovalec presenecen nad vlakcom, ki pelje na...

We've had 5 days in Chiang Mai, it really is beautiful up here!  The countryside is just awesome, it's all so lush and green.  We didn't do much here as all of the tours and treks are very expensive.  We did go on a day tour to see some hill tribes, 4 of which were seen putting on their "traditional" clothes as we pulled up, which kind of spoile...

I've always wanted something red and something racey. I tried red hair for awhile, but people started to ask if I was Irish, but clearly I'm not due to my intolerance for alcohol. As a child I wanted a red car, but my dad protested telling me it was too flashy and that cops would catch me speeding, but if you know me, you know I drive like a def...

My brother, Kenny had arranged (online) for a van rental, including a driver for the next 2 days. Since he has been here before, he's going to be our tour guide, Kenny, that is. There are 6 of us, my parents, Keith and I, Kenny and his girlfried, Doreen. The van rental was around US$56/day from 8am to 8pm. It's a pretty good deal especially when...

Not an awful lot to report from Lunag Prabang. On the last day, we went to the waterfall which is the main thing to do there. It's absolutely spectacular and it's actually many linked waterfalls. The first part we went to had the obligitory rope swing and people jumping in from al angles. It was beautifully clean water but freezing cold. We move...