Just been to Chiang Mai where we got the overnight train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai which took eleven hours...lots of banter on the sleeper train so made the time pass quicker...went to a Thai cookery school and made Pad Thai, Massaman Curry, Springrolls and Tom Yum Soup yummy! We had a wander around Chiang Mai night market and had yet more Singha or Chang (so cheap)....we then were taking up into the mountains where we started our trek where we stayed with the Karon hilltribe for the first night and then onto another village for another night of accommodation in huts....lots of Rice Wine and Chang drinking he he....trekked for over fours hours today carrying my backpack which was difficult at times especially when going uphill thought I was going to cry ha ha was very enjoyable and we had alot of banter on the way. We rode on the elephants and went bamboo rafting which was amazing although our raft got stuck on some rocks but we survived! Back to Chiang Mai where we did some swimming in our sister hotel (the posher one) and had a bit of a chill out before back to the station for our overnight train back to Bangkok....!

Off out tonight to hit the hotspots of Bangkok...going to Vertigo (the skybar) with the group then we are off to watch a Muay Thai boxing match should be brilliant...I am sure there will be more Samsong bucket drinking involved and a very large hangover tom he he....next blog entry will be from Ko Samui so ciao for now!