so the 12th has finally arrive which is songkran yey mass water fights everywhere, technically some watefights started yesterday and i got soaked at least 4times by a bucket and around 20 times by people. thankfully we found some awesome super soakers and we could get people back. so everyone back home " sawadi be min : ( thats not how u spel it...

After a 14 hour overnight train to the North of Thailand we arrived in Chiang Mai.. The train ride wasn't bad at all. We both drank a big bottle of Singha each, and semi-slept through the night. By the time I awoke the next day we only had a few hours left. We spent that time sitting with Dietchar, an older guy from Germany, who loves Thailand, ...

I'm sorry to discover my beloved grandfather has passed away, I only received the news through email on Dec. 11th but he passed on the 5th. He was a good man, father of 7 and grandfather to another 7 (that I can count). Too bad he didn't live to become a great-grandfather, but the onus would have been on me to make that happen. He was a lot of f...

So i've finally made it to Thailand for now anyway and my first stop is Chiang Mai. I managed to spend 5/6 days there and i really enjoyed the place. Didn't do much for the first 2 days only walk around the city. The first thing i noticed and i guess it's something i'll have to get used to is all the old sex tourists. The main reason for backpac...

Chiang Mai. Traveller's paradise of the 'real' Thailand or ******** of the trekking world? Well, before I got here I was rather expecting the latter but on first impressions I have found I was being a tad over generous to Chiang Mai and I've seen nothing since to make me change my mind, but people do seem to like it. Horses for courses, money fo...

Yesterday I had my Thai cooking class. I was picked up at my guesthouse at about 9:30am. There were 9 other students. The first stop was to a market... kind of like an open air supermarket. Lots of fresh fruit, veggies, meat, and fish (still alive). Also saw some stranger things like frogs, bugs, grubs, eels, and some fruits that noone knew what...

What a day today, we left Siem Reap, Cambodia and flew to Bangkok. But not without some troubles. we woke up this morning and realized we forgot these paintings we bought, on the bus the night before. It was my fault(Corey B). So we were already crunched for time this morning before our plane left, but i figured i could find them...or at least w...

Hi Friends and Family We travelled to Phi Phi and Ko Jum islands via ferry boats and Long tailed boats.From there we travelled by songthaew (back of a truck with benches),bus and then overnight train from Ao nang to Bangkok. We then flew to Chiang Mai. We have been in Chiang Mai for 4 days. We like it here, a cultural and trading center borderin...

I am not a trekker in the traditional sense but I do crave adventure. The last time I rode an elephant was in the wilds of the Kalmia Plaza parking lot in Aiken, South Carolina. I was maybe 10 years old and even then amidst the broken down Impalas and scruffy rednecks on scorching August asphalt it was undeniably thrilling to me. Since then when...

OH YEAH, I FORGOT. ANOTHER VOLUNTEER THAT I DO A LOT OF STUFF WITH, AMBER, IS ALSO ON THIS JOURNAL THING. JUST SEARCH FOR "WHEREISAMBER" AND ALL HER STUFF WILL POP UP. SHE IS A PHOTO JOURNALIST SO HER JOURNAL IS A LITTLE BETTER AND SHE HAS A DIGITAL CAMERA WITH PICS OF STUFF THAT WE DO. SO LOOK AT HER JOURNAL TOO. CHRIS