I'm not doing very well at keeping up this blog but its just been so crazy! Chaing Mai was amazing. We arrived feeling very tired after an awful overnight bus but we decided to make the most of it anyway and went straught into Chiang Mai where a man offered to show us around the temples on his tuk-tuk for 30THB. We crashed for a few hours in the afternoon at our guesthouse where a funny litle thai lady called Noo looked after us. During our time in Chiang Mai we...

Getting there! At the moment Kate and I are in the North of Thailand in Chiang Mai which is pretty much the cultural centre of Thailand. I'll tell you more about that later but first i want to fill you in on what has been going on up till now. Finally the time had come for Kate and I to set off on our 5 week trip to Thailand. Feeling nervous, excited and rather sore- due to a last minute bikini wax- we bid an emotional farewell to our friends and boarded the tr...