Tadkham Village Chiang Mai

... a VSO position, leaving her mother, daughter and grandson to go brave it in the wide world herself! She comes along with us all out to the bars, and us younger cats get on with her great and make sure she is part of band camp.

Marra- American, from New York, Jewish and my roommate. Is a lawyer by trade, still to see her kick the heels off totally. We get on really well tho, considering we have been forced to live together for the last two months, think the loo ...

... but very much of this world), it was very clean, metered taxis getting you everywhere safe and quick. Yes, it is a little tame compared to places like Bangkok maybe, but I think it is actually very pleasant indeed.

As we could still not get used to the idea that serious travelling had again begun, we decided to fly to Kuala Lumpur rather than train or bus it (and thanks to AirAsia it was also the more economical option). Ivo was a little grumpy though, as I ...

... decided to wander the streets by foot to see what was open. I was approached by countless prostitutes and one of them was definitely a "lady-boy". I hope I meet people soon because the hookers don't bother you if you're in a group. At first I went to a roof-top bar, hoping to get food there but they only sold drinks. The only restaurant that seemed to be open was
a burger place. I was reluctant to eat there since I'm currently in a ...

... the jungle was good too, we really went off the beaten track and the water fall at the end was beautiful. But the best part of the whole day was definitely the white water rafting. We teamed up with an Irish couple and some of the rapids were quite scary but we all managed to stay in the raft! Then we did the bamboo rafting, which did more sinking than floating! On the whole it was a really great day and we were ...

... in Thailand. Hostel was wicked, really social, run by a lovely fella called Noom and his wife. We also got there to find Paul our pal from Bangkok stood outside! Anyway we got some grub and had a few ales, then went back to the hostel to find it was one of lads birthdays and he'd bought Vodka and Red Bull for everyone, so we drank that and headed out on the hit and miss. Went to The Riverside bar and carried on drinking whilst watching a local band, was funny as hell as ...

... swatting at the mosquitoes until I saw them hit one... it was a zapper...so cool.... I walked back to the room and took a shower, ate and blogged for a while (keeping up blogs is harder than you would think). Jessie returned all flushed and tired from her dance class and we traded stories and she went to take a shower and eat. We walked back down to a clothing shop we had looked in on Sunday and Jessie had found some items she wanted. After going thru everything on the rack and ...

... river water raining down on our smiling faces. once through the white water, he yelled - paddle till you can paddle no more. don't piddle in the puddle. half way down the river course, we found ourselves stuck between a rock and a hard place, which was also a rock. our guide climbed over the side and into the water, pushing and pulling the front of the boat, but only deeper into the ravine, then moved to the back, trying to lift us over the obstructions. the other half of ...

... vi langs elva i Chiang Mai på jakt etter nattmarkedet. Og etter å ha vandret ett stykke ned en mørk gate, subla vi helt tilfeldig over det. Tid for å bruke litt penger. Etter en god stund med vandring gjennom trange boder som sto tett i tett, hadde vi mista hverandre, finni hverandre, mista hverandre, finni hverandre og mista herandre igjen. Meg og Rune fant oss en sjarmerende resturant på et torv hvor han likte maten sin, og jeg ikke likte min. Veien tilbake til hotellet ...

... turned a corner and were greeted by the crowds, the peddlers, the army of songthaews, and the general commerce and showiness that surrounds any gathering of hoards of people with money in their wallets. But that's part of the experience. The tent of a million Buddhas was a particularly interesting shop. The photo is included. It reminded me of the wall of golden crosses at the Vatican gift shop. People seem to see no irony in the ...