I get a late breakfast, more brunch really and head to rent me a bike. I have picked out a temple for my sunset so I will be heading there later on tonight. I'll keep my bike for it, as it is quite a walk away. When I'm renting my bike there is a Chinese girl getting one as well. Her name is Bo and so we decide to cycle round together. I must say my bike is something special, and it has obviously had a few knocks because the left pedal doesn't rotate properly as ...

I grab breakfast with Maria at 10, supposedly after she had finished yoga. However she informs me that she slept in and did not make it to class, poor effort. We sit and chat for a couple of hours over breakfast, she is 44, but doesn't look it. She is an interesting person when you get her on her own, it is only when she is surrounded by others that she becomes quiet and boring. Ha. As I am planning to leave Lucky comes along and he and Maria plan to go somewhere...

I get up early, as I feel completely fine this morning and head out for some breakfast. I walk up the street and stop at this place that looks to serve something that resembles a fry. Let's go. As I'm sitting there Alex and Maria walk past and so they sit down and join me. Breakfast was first class, egg, hash brown, bacon, sausage, toast, orange juice and coffee. Just what you need to start the day. After breakfast I go back to my hostel to see about booking a bu...

So Alex and I get up early and go and rent some Motos. Alex has already been to the mountain and so he knows the way to go, excellent, saves any navigation issues. Driving in Chiang Mai is a very relaxed affair, even on the busier roads. Much less frantic than the Vietnam style I am used to, to be honest I miss it. Anyone could drive here, there is no heart pumping, or fear of death, it is undoubtably safer, but I would argue more boring also. It isn't long befor...

I am woken up by the person below me getting up. Turns out we are the last two in the room, everyone else was up early and out. This woman is called Maria, lives in Germany but originally from Serbia. I am able to peg the accent, I'm getting good at this. So I am lying on my top bunk, we are talking, next thing she just takes her top of and continues to talk to me. It's one of those situations I was not expecting to have to deal with first thing this morning. So ...