I'm 5 hours into a 13 hour sleeper train from Bangkok - Chiang Mai and people have started going to bed so I thought I could catch up on my travel blog tings. FRIDAY : We decided to stay in Friday and have a bit of a rest and cash-in on our free Thai massage. Lewis and Ben went in first and when they emerged after 30 minutes looking victorious and satisfied, I could tell this was going to be good... The room was earthy coloured, smelled of incense candles an...

Yesterday we got up early to head downstairs for our first breakfasts. Very nice. We decided to spend to day being tourists and walking around taking photos. The first thing we got to was a temple called Suthat. Inside the main room there was a giant (maybe 15m tall) Buddha. We found out that it was a Buddhist holiday so we sat in on a service and ritual. It was lead by a Monk singing follwed by the chorus of those there to worship. The room was fantastic. T...

We're here!! Finally started the travels and it feels f***ing weird! This 24- hours that we've been dreaming of for over a year is here. Now that it is, I don't know how to feel. Such mixed emotions and a 100% outer body, dream-like experience. I feel like I've had the longest day of my life that started on Tuesday at 8am. It was so hard to leave the family and my Talia. It sucks balls :( xxx When we'd said our goodbyes and got onto the plane we discovered we'd...