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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 we did!
We stayed in a really nice guesthouse north of the old city and we could easily walk everywhere. On the first day we had a look round the town and as usual went to some markets :) Rachel actually said she was getting sick of them...not sure I believe her?! We went to the Saturday walking market which was amazzzing for food - I think we ate our weight in food: noodles (of course), rach went for some mini fried eggs and now we've become obsessed with banana and chocolate crepes.
We did a cooking course which was brilliant - we made pad Thai, spicy prawn soup and spring rolls :) basically all we do is eat and try to look for restaurants at the moment :)
We head to Laos next on a 24 hour bus....nice.....
Speak soon, love Helen xxxxxx
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