(02.10.11) OR 03.10.11 - Doughnut! So it turns out that i've been a complete div and got the date wrong. Although in my defense the GH that i'm staying had written out my stay card incorrectly - which is why I thought today was the 2nd. It isn't, it's the 3rd! So there i am writing my diary at the airport waiting for my flight to appear on the departures board drinking my nice iced cold mocha, with yummy chocolate sauce. I realise that the time is now 2 hours b...

29.09.11 - 01.10.11 - Chiang Mai Hill Tribe Trekking So this morning I got up nice and early and headed down to the communal area of the guesthouse in order to be picked up for the experience I had booked. Bless there was this lovely Aussie fella sitting in the area too waiting for his friend, whatever he was doing and we started chatting about his experiences in Bangkok. Half way through him telling me my chariot arrived. When i climbed on board I was the onl...

Day 2 - Arriving into Bangkok, trains, tuk tuk's, motorbikes and Chiang Mai So we arrived into Bangkok a little later than scheduled but at 3.30pm local time we arrived. The flight was brilliant and I managed to sleep loads - prob due to all that stress beforehand. My plan after going through passport control was to get a bus from the airport to the main train station in order to get the sleeper train i 'd booked to head north to Chiang Mai. Turns out when i a...