We both slept for over 10 hours last night which showed how exhausted we were after the massive water fight yesterday. By the time we rolled out of bed it had gone well past 11am. Our fan was whirling in our room but you could feel the temperature ever increasing. Luckily for as our room window faces north so we never get the full force of the sun shining in. Our first port of call was the cheap restaurant down the road for a spot of brunch! I had the rice soup...

After an indifferent night sleep, mainly due to the room being really stuffy we got ourselves up with a slight hangover. Kratos (our friend from Burma) had emailed and suggested meeting up in town at around 1pm. Laura was feeling groggy but I decided to head to the bar we visited last night for some breakfast. I had some rice soup which is perfect for a hangover and I explained to the owners me and Laura were both suffering. During our wait for the 1pm meet up,...

Saturday, the first official day of the Songkran New year celebrations and we were guaranteed carnage! The origins of this so called 'water festival' have much more calm and traditional roots. It was originally about people offering their respects to Buddha and their elders then washing the buddhas with water to cleanse themselves from sins. In present day Thailand however this has now turned into one massive water fight with Bangkok and Chiang Mai being the epic...

Today we woke lazily around nine and headed downstairs. The hostel was getting things prepared for the first day of the Songkran Water Festival tomorrow so there were barrels being filled with water and tables put out side. We still had one day to kill before our flight so decided to have a little wander before spending the morning chilling out. The afternoon again was pretty uneventful and I took the opportunity to catch up with the blogs which seem to be tak...

This morning we were up and out of the door by around 8:15am to get our train tickets to Chiang Mai. Laura thanked the hostel ladies and said we would likely see them again soon... we had no idea then it would much sooner than we thought. On arriving at the train station there were a lot of people milling around waiting for trains. I confidently strolled up to the ticket office, smiling, to then be told all the 3rd class tickets had been sold. Me and Laura looke...