Day 18 We are given pack lunches for the day ahead whilst checking out of the hostel. As soon as we sit down in the same minivan as yesterday it's time to get back out again... We are at boarder control and this van goes no further.... It's reasonably early so the crossing looks far less busy than when we were here yesterday... Along with Alan & Julia who were the other couple from yesterday we collected three others on our short trip to the boarder... Two g...

Day 17 leave Chaing Mai We are packed and ready to go.... We leave the breakfast... Shiree, although feeling slightly better is not yet willing to put anything in her mouth and I'm ok for dodgy chicken sausage.... Were collected in a minivan which is preferred to a coach and take our seats for the next 6 hr journey. Our drivers good this time... I assume he must own this van as he takes far less risks than some we've experienced. The landscape becomes even m...

Day 16 I'm awake..... Its 3 am and I'm wide awake... Thai food has finally brought one of us down.... Shiree's spending more and more time in the loo and not looking like she's enjoying it... We get a knock at 07.30am on our door by hotel staff who have come to inform us that our transport for our day trip to Chaing Rai has arrived.... Neither of us have really slept since 3am and we have somehow lost a day... We were expecting to go to Chaing Rai tomorrow so w...

Day 15 Today's going to be a easy day and after the last two days its a well needed rest.. We get up late and decide to explore on foot... Chaing Mai is the old capital of the north.... In the past It was a square moated city with a think inner defensive wall... Now " old Chaing Mai " sites in the middle of the much larger, more modern, current day Chaing Mai, the moats are still there, but a busy road network neighbours both sides and only random sections of ...

Day 14 We all woke early, feeling broken and very unrefreshed. Slowly and begrudgingly we crawl under the mosquito nets, heading outside for some sunlight to warm us.... The village has a very slow peace of life which is nice... With a cup of Thai tea I claim a ripped hammock as my own and climb in... This is far more comfy than the bed... If it had a mosquito net I'd of rather slept here than where I did. Breakfast was served... Hard boiled egg with toast a...