Hello from Chiang Mai (but I have been slacking and I'm actually in Laos at the moment...)  We took the overnight train from Bangkok to Chaing Mai which was meant to take 12 hours but turned into more like 16 hours...and it was soooooo cold on it I had 5 layers on (heppy - if you ever read this, you would have been proud!). Chiang mai has been fantastic for trekking, elephant sanctuaries and cooking courses - we were too lazy for the trekking but the other 2 w...

Tip No. 4 You are going to get asked about 11 times if you want to go to a ping pong show...you might eventually say yes...if you do you won't be able to look at bananas in the same way again :( We have now arrived in Thailand! We had a very quick stopover for one day in Singapore but we are going there on the way to Australia anyway. When we first arrived into Bangkok we luckily got chatting to a couple of English girls who said that we could all share a tax...