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 ...

Up bright and early at 6 and next door for something to eat before I go. Lovely and cool at this time of the morning and I fool myself in to thinking that the walk through the park will be pleasant with minimal sweat! Wrong! A 5 min walk and I am I pay my entrance fee and get a map. There are many temples and areas that I can go to on the map and so I set off. Not too many people here this morning which is great and as the sun is rising it greets the various Budd...

Up at 6.30 because I have not booked a ticket so I am just going to turn up and get on the first bus available. I say goodbye to Miao, she is also up to allow her to go to the airport and have enough time to do some shopping, because obviously she hasn't done enough! She jumps in a taxi and I head up the street to catch one at the end of the road. I don't have to wait too long for a taxi to pull up and I get my ride to the station by the meter. Traffic isn't too...