Novotel Chiang Mai

... away to the monks. It was a very muddy job but good to see how hard the farmers have to work and learn about rice growing. We also got to ride on a water buffalo who was very sweet and patient, but not easy to ride bare back as they really roll when they walk. At the end a little man who had been playing some sort of Thai guitar in a shelter tried to show me how to play but at this I failed miserably.

... it strange that there are so many strays throughout the city and yet they don't bother to bark or move when you come near- I'm glad because I didn't get a rabies vaccination before I left! The evening was lovely- perfect weather, beautiful temples with interesting city and monk history learned AND I had clarity as to what my next move will be- I plan to get a hotel in the city tomorrow! <br>

... jungle, it was also stinking hot during the day but cool at night. The first day we treked all day and made two stops in tribal villages. They lived in bamboo huts and lived very basic. We tried some of their jungle tea and drank it out of bamboo cup. We did not see much wildlife due to the fact of 19 people herding through the jungle. We stayed over night in a bamboo hut and i don't think you could pay me to do it again, unless there was ...

... I call Sai Moon at the farm, who speaks fluent Thai. I tell him my situation and hand the phone to the spokesman, Sai Moon explains, then I am directed to the correct songthaew, where the driver points at the "6" on his watch, indicating that he would leave at 8:30 (it was 8:00).<br><br>I decide to have a bowl of kway teow gai (chicken rice noodle soup) at Central--about 10 feet from my songthaew. At this point I had decided that it was worth ...

... did wander uo the steepest hill in the whole area, Me and Tiley were both holding on trying not to fall out at one point, i dont know how the thing managed to stay upright. Tiley got a video of it all with us both looking terrified that we're about to fall down a big hill closely followed by the elephant. The video has since been destroyed since he foolishly took his camera out into the water festival. The best bit ...

... sound of the water. Once we disembarked it was a half hour hike to the truck, an half hour drive to lunch at some roadside cafe, another hour and a half to a very cold waterfall within the park, and then another two hours back to Chiang Mai. That last part of the drive was tough for all of us being stuck in the back of that truck. My lunch phad thai had been jostling around in my stomach all afternoon and I was doing my best to keep it down. I just wanted to get somewhere ...

Today we arrived in Chiang Mai , northern Thailand. we did 14 hours of train last night to get here. we are at our hotel waitng for our friend Patrick! We just went for a good walk aroud the city and saw some very nice temples. We are planning on going on a 3 day trek maybe tomorrow. It starts with and elephant tour, then we go to a tribe village and meet them, we will also visit a bat cave ...