So today is a day to kill, I have to wait around for my 5:30pm train so time to twiddle the thumbs and maybe do some reading. I went to the markets looking for my new favorite snack Khao Tan and found about 10 different varieties of it but all extremely expensive compared to what I had been paying in Pai for it. In the afternoon I sat around at the hostel and waited for time to tick by before heading to train station. 5:30 came and I boarded the train for wh...

Today I decided to get moving again and head back to Chiang Mai and then the following day make my way back to Bangkok. I managed to get a seat on the local bus which was half the price of the minivans however it took twice as long had no aircon and they crammed the thing full of people. The trip was certainly a test, the road was incredibly windy, the sun was beating down and the bus was winding up and down the road at about 10km an hour. I did however sit nex...

Managing to sleep in until about 8am was a bonus as I still had another 7 hours on the train. The train arrived about two hours late into Chiang Mai making it a 17hour train ride. First thing I did was make my way to a hostel, I found a decent one for about $3 a night. Next I went off exploring markets. I was walking along the street when I hear someone call my name out - Carissa holly s*** what a suprise :) I new they were here but certainly was not expecting ...