After a LONG two days of bus riding (plus the 10 hour stint in Bangkok) I am here in Chiang Mai. It is in the north and a bit cooler and much more to my liking then Bangkok. The city is set out like a bit of a grid with the old part of the city in the centre surrounded by a moat. I am staying in a guesthouse in the old city. There are lots of places to explore; more temples than I can count, crazy side streets, lots of markets and the list goes on. Last night was...

The craziness of a city as big as Bangkok. How to describe it? Crazy incident no. 1 : After leaving my guesthouse room at 8am to wander around I was approached by a lady asking me "Hello! What is your name?" I answered but she followed me down the road for a few minutes and kept talking to me and then suddenly left. I am pretty sure she just wanted to practice her English. no. 2 : While standing on a corner looking at my map trying to figure out w...

The craziness of a city as big as Bangkok. How to describe it? Crazy incident no. 1 : After leaving my guesthouse room at 8am to wander around I was approached by a lady asking me "Hello! What is your name?" I answered but she followed me down the road for a few minutes and kept talking to me and then suddenly left. I am pretty sure she just wanted to practice her English. no. 2 : While standing on a corner looking at my map trying to figure out w...

OH! And I forgot the most exciting part/scariest thign ever. Last night I was doing my laundry (in my bathroom sink...lol) and then a huge beetle randomly fell on the floor by my feet. It was about the size of my hand and quickly took over my whole room as I didn't want to even go near it. I was going to lock it in the bathroom and hope it would just crawl back out the window again or die in the corner but then I got the nice guy two doors down from me who was ...

Today is my last full day on Koh Tao. The weather over the past week has cooled down a little as it has been more cloudy, adding to everyones happiness. For the past few weeks I have been the only volunteer on my program but it has worked out well. I tried to go Scuba Diving last thursday but it didn't go well. Seasickness prevented me from being able to dive so I just sat on Koh Nang-Yaun beach for a while and swam around, with my only view of the marine life b...