Well the last few days have been spent in the North of Thailand. We endured yet another 12 hour journey on a rickety bus complete with net curtains. Yet again it was a 12 hr slog with a brief stop at a service station...no we are not talikg the little chef..but some locals market. I was starving so proceeded to the food desk...after getting my p...

We took an overnight bus from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. The bus pulled up at the travel agency's hotel for an hour or so and then we were off on a 3 day trek to Pai in the North. It was Luisa and I and a few other British people. The 1st day of our trek we rode elephants for the 1st leg. Our driver was having problems making our elephant go and kep...

Yo. So, after a FREEZING cold overnight bus journey from Ayutthaya, i arrived in Chiang Mai tired, but alive! I was sitting next to an Australian guy called Shaun on the back seat and i was quite lucky as most of the other people on the bus seemed a little lifeless! It was the same bus route as when I accompanied Stu to Ayutthaya in the furst pl...

Drying off a little from the drenching we stopped at 1:30am for dinner! I can't really see the point in stopping at such a ridiculous time but we were here for an hour so I walked around like a zombie until it was time to go again. We were nearly at Chiang Mai when at 5:30 we stopped again only 10 minutes from the town! Getting back on board the...

As I am writing this diary in retrospect I normally manage to remember everything I did on each day, but today I have to admit that I have no idea. I think I just lazed around the pool all day recovering from the bus and preparing for the trek tomorrow. I do remember meeting up with the guide for the trek, and the other members of our group. Loo...

Didn't really have to get up that early today but had to pack my bag and things before the cooking course. Checked out and stashed my bag in Julia's room before we went cooking. Julia and Rebecca were also doing the cooking course whilst Thomas and Andrew chose the softer option and went bungee jumping. We were picked up and bundled into a tuk-t...

Arrived in Chian Mai after a 14 hr bus ride, not pleasent but goes with the territory. setting off tomorrow for the hill tribes and a bit of elephant riding and river rafting, cannot wait. The weather is a little cooler up here in the mountains but is still very hot. Went to the night market which was amazing, also saw the king and queen and the...

Del went off on a Thai cookery course today and i decided to go off with Tristan and Katrinn to havr a look at the massive temple overlooking Chiang Mai, it was a fair distance away and beatiful, went to the temple right at the top and in an internal courtyard was the largest golden dome i have ever seen, it was amazing. I also crawled into a te...

Apologies for the long break, we have been very busy of late and have been having lots and lots of fun :o) Contrary to popular belief, Steve and I do write the travelogues together! I shall wake him up in a minute so we can get started ;o) So! Back to Chiang Mai. After a broken nights sleep in the world's most uncomfortable bed (Daret's - 140B p...

Today I have been doing a Thai cooking course with Connie and Clare and Frankie have crashed out to read and swim in the pool at the Guesthouse. Leave for the Thai, Laos border tomorrow.