After a varied sleep, including frequent visits from the camp dog who insisted on sleeping on Lis's feet, we were presented with yet another breakfast which Bill didn't eat. Despite coaxing from Lis it would seem that egg whites are still off the menu. Nay bother, it was quickly becoming evident that today's programme would be significantly less taxing when the hardcore Frenchies cracked their first Chang an hour into the trek! Respect comes in many forms. We co...

Day 2 and while having breakfast (some extremely strong coffee or very weak tea, scrambled egg on toast and Pineapple - different) Off tells us that the "guitar man" was supposed to have provided some entertainment last night but somehow got delayed trekking from the next village (3 hours away, in the dark, in the jungle, with his guitar - mad). Also, he explains the itinerary for today - Oh my Bhudda, there's lots of trekking but at least most of it is downhill....

As the last entry said "early to bed so ready for some light exercise tomorrow" - better have 1 for the road then! 4 large Changs and a couple of JD's later we thought was ideal preparation - wrong. Up early, check out (sorry we have no vacancy for when you back - ah), on with the backpack (this seems heavier, might need to do some laundry) and then off to the truck. We leave Chiang Mai, 12 of us set off (4 Brits, 4 French, 2 Germans & 2 Slovakians) plus our ...

Moved to a new guesthouse closer to where our trek would leave from and waited an hour for breakfast...ah Thai time. Spent the day wondering around the Old Town and took in a few more temples. Also spent a good 15 minutes marvelling at the considerable concentration of an old Monk meditating in one of the temples...then read the sign in front of him explaining that this was a fibre glass replica of the longest serving monk who had recently passed away. Could have...

Okay woke up far too late to change guesthouses and instead went with plan b...beer in the old town whilst negotiating the price of a jungle trek. Both were achieved so we celebrated with more Chang in a local bar with a pool table...I can hear alarm bells ringing with all the lads at home. No Bill didn't kick ass and make back any beer money from his considerable skill with the stick. Quite the contrary the resident lady boy wiped the floor with him followed by...