So, lots to add since leaving the North tour... We got back to Bangkok, it didnt smell any better yet, and went for a group breaky-had cereal for the first time in ages!! whoo. we were suprisingly excited by this. then we just chilled in our hotel room afyer all that excitement. at the end of the day we said goodbye to Mr Dodi (we heart him, BIG BANANA! we love him long time) and met our new leader, Mai. we liked to call her Mai Thai, the reason is threefold- it...

on the first day of the trek we got in like a safari truck and headed out of chiang mai.. we stopped at a market to stock up on snacks where our leader, Dodi, gave us crickets to try and they were rank! they tasted ok, like soy sauce and chicken but they were really horribly gooey when you expected them to be dry! then we got back in the car and stopped at the national park where we swam in an amazing waterfall. it looked like paradise, stunning place. it was fr...

so we left Bangkok on the night train up to Chiang Mai which was an experience! it looked like a normal train but then beds came out the ceiling and out the floor! we've never seen such a multi-functional train, EVER! we were on that for like 10 hours but Charly slept great! then we dropped our stuff off at the hotel and went on a bike tour of Chiang Mai. it was quite good but our tour leader didnt half like to talk about temples! we stopped for lunch and gemma...

just a quicky.. we spent 2 hours packing from a 2day stay.. but last night was really funny because we discovered the power of the water gun in the bathroom! and gemma forced charly to wash her clothes.. was not fun. "how dirty do you think i am?!" and this guy in the street today was crazy! we were casually walking to the park cos it was BOILING and this guy gesturing us to do something but we werent sure what! "what he trying to say?".. &qu...

Got up well early (6am!) today to get a bus to the floating market about 75km outside Bangkok. experienced first thai public toilet on the ay-not impressed; its like a hole in the floor which you squat over and the tiles where you put your feet sloe down towards it-these are clearly not designed for tourist in flip flops as gemma nearly plummeted to a watery end had charly not grabbed her on the way out and pulled her back to safety!! whilst on teh bus we met som...