We took a flight to Chiang Mai, which took around 1 hour, and although expensive we were happy about missing a potential 13 hour bus journey! When we arrived it was clear Chiang Mai is a much more laid back city compared to Bangkok, which we were grateful for. Upon arrival to our hotel we were sold an evening all you can eat buffet with entertainement, based on the Thai hill tribe cultures, good preparation for our trekking we thought. It was a great night for 4...

Hi everyone! Here we go with our first post and first part of our journey around the world! (I still feel so lucky saying that!) Our flight was a little late departing and we sat on the plane for almost an hour before take off, by then i'd already fallen asleep and Ash had to prod me several times to wake up so i wouldn't miss take off! We finally landed in Bangkok 11 hours later and then had to wait ages to get through passport control. As soon as we did we were...