Oriental Siam Resort Chiang Mai

... We weren't sure whether it was a scheduled stop or not but as the train eventually arrived 2 hours late, i'm assuming it wasn't! To be honest, i didn't really mind as the train was fairly cool and the views as we went through some of the countryside and jungle was amazing. <br><br>When we arrived we were to be met by a hotel representative. However, they seemed to miss underestimate how many people were arriving and Rumit and I had to hang on the back of the van as he drove to the ...

... rang through the jungle all last night, while he was trying to down his portion of beer, without any success, a Bristolian girl having to help him out with the task. <br>We caught up with them, trying not to fall off a cliff as they were scrambling down the steep, slippery muddy steps, the rushing river and the rocks below, with a narrow path meandering into the distance. I quickly overtook them and rushed off ahead, and stayed there until we hit the next swimming destination. It was ...

... was no major hassle, with the exception of the bus terminal in Bangkok being in the **** end of nowhere and over the other side of the city to the train station. My problems with trains didn't end at Kanchanaburi though, after my hour and half taxi ride across rush hour Bangkok and arrival at the train station I was told that all computer systems controlling passenger access to the sleeper train to Chiang Mai were down and that I would have to get a train to a place lovingly ...

... was much livelier than the ones I visited in Bangkok. Children playing instruments and dancing to raise funds for their education, lots of monks, pilgrims praying. The temple is surrounded by lots of large bronze bells, with signs saying please don&#8217;t ring &#8211; not that it seemed to stop most of the tourists &#8211; who would ring them at every given opportunity - so your head starts to pound after a while! Trip well worth ...

... table....they are cooking up a wicked Thai supper.....then it goes stupid...started off tame but then got stupid. I notice a big ass bug...on teh wall and go to take a look...Supat sees this....and he just grabs it....and starts to play with it...he says that it is like an elephant as it has some kind thing that looks like a trunk. So he puts it on the table and Shauna freaks...and give out her war cry....scared me I tell ya.....Supat laughs his ass off.....and of course ...

... and up a hill.....can't even see anybody else. I forgot to tell you that before we left we loaded a big chain up on the eley's neck it hung there the whole time and that is what we actually sat on... So I on command I bark out a Sup Soong...and Eley holds her leg up for me to get off...I pop off with the grace of Jerry Lewis....and manage to land on my feet...All this time I am doing my best scouting action I can to make sure I don't land on some kinda ...

... from Libra. Met a couple of girls from Leamington Spa, Charmaine and Lou, who were coming to the end of a four month trip which had included most of America. Had nothing to do today as the treks weren't available until Tuesday - me and Pedro signed up to a 2 day, 1 night trek with no other than Nu!!!! [This was the same guy as the '06 trek] I did ask where Sang had gone to, but not sure whether he didn't hear or whether this was a bad subject, so I left it!<br><br ...

... and you start to get shaky and light headed. It's happened a couple of times in Thailand and it's my own fault, I should have eaten sooner. We had banana porridge at 0630, then a jam sandwich at 0900, I should have eaten again around 1100 - 1130, but we kept going and it was almost 1300 by the time we got to a place that sold food. I had to stop on the side of the road and have another jam sandwich to get me here. Talking ...

... airy sandlewood, smouldering blue heaven mandalas, then kicking my shoes off at the entrance to a prayer room and receiving a blessing from an old monk, reeking of infinite rebirth, i found a quiet massage house and received an oily rub down by a sweet and shy goddess. i drifted back to the guest house and there i become aware of a group of young brits reading and mapping out a three day trek through the northern highlands. layla, one of three girls ...