Wow Chiang Mai. Much better than Bangkok! Shame we only have 3days here but the schedule it tight. Today we did a Thai cooking class. I now know how to cook 5 different Thai dishes, so expect some dinner parties when i get home ;) Am glad we have come to Chiang Mai as before now my perceptions of Thailand have not been good. As soon as we arrived in Bangkok the taxi drivers immediately tried to ripp us off and we got refused a ride by 5 drivers because we insiste...

Going off Plan....! Yes, Im in Malaysia! Took a detour out of Thailand to visit Kuala Lumpur as people along the way have said how brilliant it is. Only here for 3days before going back to Thailand and onto Chiang Mai. So far so good. Kuala Lumpur is a greta city. I knew people were going to be friendly from the moment the immigration officer started chatting informally to me (usually, they look you up and down and try to find some way of giving you the 3rd degr...