So we have just returned from our trek in Chiang Mai. (Although we have obv been and had a shower because we were disgusting!) Had a really good time with a really good group of people. We got picked up yesterday morning by our crazy tour guides 'woody woodpecker' and 'bob marley' no idea what their real names were. There was 9 of us in total on the trek then the two guides, we went to a market to get food supplies then to the elephant camp. Me and Esther had a...

Hello again, These blog updates are getting rather frequent so if im boring you all you can just ignore me. So today we had a rather lazy get up for us, at about 7.30am. Gone are the days of my 11am lie-ins! So we went to see some of the main wats in Chiang Mai, some of the wooden ones with gold are really pretty, not quite as garish at the every colour of glass under the sun all on one building like some of the ones in Bangkok. We have done some serious shop...

Hello, So we have reached Chiang Mai, the train was a nightmare though! We met Esthers dad at the train station so that was all good and we got on the train. Had a lovely meal and were tucked up in bed by 10 0'clock. I didn't sleep that well so i was aware that we were stopped at some points during the night. Foolishly i thought we must be running ahead of schedule and so waiting in a station to get back in time. Breakfast was strange but OK, we had it at about ...