Well here we are in Chiang Mai, slightly cooler but still very very hot! Hoping to go onto Pai next, and then probably over the border into Laos, away from some tourists and into a jungle for real this time I hope! Been rushing around quite a lot so I think we are going to take it easy here for a few days and relax a bit. Food has been ace so far. although we have had a few dishes which have just been stupidly hot. Hopefully after we have been on our thai cook...

Well where to begin...? We didnt manage to update while in Bangkok, it was far too hectic and the internet was crap. Bangkok was interesting, very very hot and humid, but lots of good sights and people. We moved on to Kanchanaburi on 23rd, a smaller city about 100 miles from Bangkok. Its very scenic here, and famous for being the home of the bridge over the River Kwai (which isnt actually over the river Kwai). Have visited a tiger temple where we stroke...