Romsrithong Lampang

... left the lake, and unbeknowing to us all, it showered us with a truck full of water - absolutely hilarious!<br><br>In the evening, I stayed with a local family in their house in the valleys just outside Chiang Mia. I took the time to wander off on my own around the local area, looking around the local Buddhist temple and then off into the distance towards the rice fields, Stood watching the sun descend below the distant hilltops, with ...

... so we gave tehm some tips...and we stopped at there hotel to drop them off.....now somehow they ended up with one of our bags...we get to our hotel and teh bag with a lot of the important stuff is not in the taxi....argggggggggg freak a bit...call Supat....he looks at the camp not there...then our driver takes me to the hotel we dropped Jill and Chad off at I run in and ....on teh luggage cart is our bag....all is good again....... We are back at the D2 cause its ...

... family is gathered on the floor....to the leftr and teh store is to the right.....we take off our footware and off we go to find what Supat needs....nope....none there. Then the man of the house invites me over for a shot of Thai wiskey.....how can I say no. So i go ove and he hands me a shot of moonshine thai styal and I pop it back.....it almost cured my legs....oh my buddah.....mouth on fire....smile thank him Kop Kun Krup.......then out comes the cooked bugs.....he ...

... BUDDAAHHHH!!!!!!" Bob actually laughed his ass off at my expense....glad I can entertain. Did I mention anywhere that we paid for this privilige....now Shauna's eley "Princess" (cause she belongs to the King's sister...very big deal....Shauna don't break the eley). Anyways princess si one of the smartest eleys in refuge...she is also one of the best water fountains I've ever seen.....you seee where I am going here....yup....I think she sprayed everybody ...

... in Bangkok at 0730 and took a taxi to the bus station to make our way north. The first stop was the Green Leaf Guesthouse which was our base for exploring the jungle, albeit two and a half hours from Bangkok! We had to wear gaiters to protect us from the leeches and were led through the undergrowth looking for wildlife. There were plenty of crafty monkeys but the highlight was when three elephants emerged on to the road just behind our vehicle. We have ...

... next town, much to the amazement of all the townspeople. We thought we were going to have to walk the whole way, but about 2k in, a couple in a truck pulled over and offered us a ride all the way back to the bus station. When we got to the station, the girl asked us for our e-mail addresses, explaining that she was studying to be an English teacher. We gave her our ...

... there are in Bangkok (pop. 7.5m) so there are a lot to see, if you're so inclined. We weren't so inclined having seen lots already, but we did go to the main ones which are very impressive. It's a busy time right now with Thai tourists so there was a good atmosphere around the city. Later we walked through the famous night bazaar which we found a little bit cramped and annoying after the enjoyable market in Luang Prabang. Saying that it is enormous, with pretty much anything you could ...

... from Montreal. We've been traveling together for over a month now since we met in Laos so it was only appropriate to celebrate at a local bar...of which there are many in Chang Mai. We made friends with the owners and had a great last night. Now on to the three-day trek. I had pretty low expectations for this trip, but as it turned out, it was pretty good for the ridiculously low cost. Our ...

... round and when we finally left we found there was only one sign when we went in and we had gone the other way (rather than straight up a hill). The worst thing was the lack of signage though. It took us ages to find our way out but the plus side to that was that we saw the rest of the animals that we'd given up on. Very frustrating in the searing heat to see maps with "You are here" in the little key but ...

... themselves away from the good food and laid back atmosphere. We took a one day Thai food cooking course with money kindly donated by Vic's school as a wedding gift - thank you very much to all of you at Moor Allerton Hall Primary! The course was excellent and we had great fun making stir fried mixed vegetables, pad Thai, papaya salad, panang curry, green curry and mango with sticky rice. Of course mine ...