Just finished an overnight trek into the misty mountains of northern Thailand. They are absolutely breathtaking. (We'll add photos later, forgot the adapter) The clouds settle below you once you reach around 1000 meters (3,000 ft). They stuffed 14 people into the back of a pick-up with bench seats in the back for a three hour ride into the mountains (Mitsubishi,not a full size) We stopped at a fresh market so the guides could pick up food to cook for us. I...

We spent one day in Bangkok. If you can get over the noise, the smothering air pollution and the pea soup river, it's actually a beautiful place. It has over 300 Wat Temples, long tail boats on the river, excellent Thai Massages (for less than $10), and the people are extremely friendly, and the food is outstanding (Pad Thai, River Prawn, River Perch, mmm) It turns out that sometimes they are friendly because they con you into paying for their goods and se...