This is going to have to be a rather quick update (i kno i have been really crap with this journal but there jus hasn't been n e time!!!- we have done so much all ready and i really haven't done ne of it justice in this journal but i promise i will b better on the islands as we'll be more chilled out then!)

So i am now in Chiang Mai which is in the north of thailand.

We left bangkok yesterday at 10pm and arrived here at 12.30 pm today...we took the train, it was 15 hours, we booked too late to get the sleeper cabin (basically a cabin with beds)...SO..NOT GOOD!! I m usually good at sleepin pretty much n e where tho to be fair (as most of u kno!) so i kinda passed out for most of it but the girls didn't have such a great time (except for Nat who seems to possess the remarkable ability to sleep in almost ne position!!)- and i did have to change postion a lot cos i kept losing the feeling in various body parts.

Luckily 4 me and steph tho the ppl sitting behind us got off after about 7hrs and the trains have this groovy function where u can swivel the chairs 180 degrees so they r facing each other, so we did that and made ourselves little beds...woke up freezin tho- damn that airconditioning- we were given blankets, well i say blankets but they were actually very thin towels- so i went around stealing other peoples- my parents taught me well.

The toilet was an olymjpic sport in itself- trying to balance in squat position (which im getting good at now) whilst the scariest train in the world is bouncing along- without falling in (like faye eugh!!)..NOT EASY!!- Its times like that i wish i was a boy!!

So n e way we treated ourselves to a thai massage when we got here for enduring the last 15 hrs- tho im not sure whether u'd call a thai massage a reward or a punishment (i will tell u more about it in my next entry as explaining a thai massage deserves more time than i have)- but i do feel good now..

we r going to an authentic thai dinner and dance thingy bob now- leavin in 45 mins so i'm gonna get my gladrags on and get ready 4 that.

tell u all about it next time!!

Ps-went out in bangkok- crazily good night but 4 heavens sake- do not drink the redbull...it gives u wings!!!