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...