Given Kat's (met on the trek) recommendation, I decided to take a Thai cookery class, and I'm so glad that I did!  I got picked up at 8:30 from the guest house by Paula (Thai lady taking the course) and there was just me and one other person doing the course so that was good.  I got to pick 5 dishes from a menu to learn to co...

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...

Ok, so since yesterday things have improved dramatically! Having written on here, which I think helped get my head straight a bit, I went for a wander around Chiang Mai before deciding that I had to do whatever it took to get me out of the rut. So I went back to the dive of a guest house, took my stuff and left. Within half an hour of walking I ...

Today was the "Tour de Wat."  A Wat is a Buddhist temple and Chiang Mai is home to over three hundred Wats.  When faced with the daunting task of 300 Wats, it is best to refer to the book and choose only three.  While this only covers one percent of your options, you get to see the most historical and ornate Wats, and let's be hon...

Spent the night in Chiang Mai with Miwa, Amy, Mike and Greg. Nothing real excitin happened...we kinda just chilled and I introduced Greg to Pablo Francisco. For those of you who don't know Pablo's comedy, just go onto Amazon.com and by his "Bits and Pieces" stand up routine....I promise it will be a $12 well spent. If you don't like it, you just...

So after arriving back in bangkok myself and the lads checked into a hostel on Khao san road and hit some bar called Gullivers to watch some of the Ryder cup which was just starting in Ireland. I used half of the next day to catch up on some emails and download photos.. feckin hundreds of em i should stop being so snap happy. Boarded a 12 hour b...

Two days ago we flew up to Chiang Mai, the northern capitol of Thailand. Chiang Mai is a lovely walled city. There are as many Wats here as in Bangkok even though it's probably 1/10th the size. It is much more pleasant up here and a little bit cooler. We found a very nice guest house called Gap's. Yesterday we took a full-day Thai cooking class....

OK, so were on a tour for this part, hence all the other people. Obviously being us we missed the group meeting where everyone met and got told what was goign to be happeneing etc, due to us being elsewhere. And noone telling us (well sort of). But we met the guys who were: Saori - yankie girl, a good laugh and yet again proving my stereotypes w...

Hi! I went on a highly enjoyable trip to Doi Inthanon National PArk yesterday. We visited the highest point in Thailand (where it was a cool (?) & frech (what's happening to me?) 25 deg.C. We also visited a Karen village and a Hmong viollage & bought some souveneirs, including hand-woven cotton scarves we saw being made. We also visited 2 beauti...

We're now up north in Chiang Mai. Mainly mountains and a nice, quaint city. It's somewhat like Bangkok in the sense that there are lots of activities because there are lots of tourists but a lot LESS STRESSFUL. Cooler, as well. Plans: Traditional Khantoke Dinner followed by traditional dancing and shows Elephant camp for some more shows and ridi...