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Hey guys,
well here we are in thailand and what can we say...its completely crazy!! We started off in Bangkok where we visited Ko San Rd and the floating market. Ko san rd is full of bargains and crazy thais trying to get you to take a tuk tuk or buy a suit!! We got a longtail boat to the floating market then sailed through the stalls-if you so much as pointed at anything they hooked you in and started haggling!! Was fun!
From here we headed north to do a 2day trek in the jungle of Chang Mai. We had a day to look around the city 1st off and at night we went to the night market...i was in my element-ive never seen so many stalls and again loads of bargains to be had! The following day we headed off to the jungle..we set off trekking, stopping at waterfalls for lunch and swimming! We continued trekking through the day (a long long trek!!) until we arrived at the local tribal village where we was spending the night. It was really surreal...like something you see on the tv but never believe existed. The village was made up of about 15familys living in bamboo huts!! The evening was spent round the campfire listening to the tales from the locals!! The next day was Jamies birthday...we did a short trek in the morning stopping at another waterfall for a shower before going elephant riding!! This was great fun (tho i was quite scared!!) Jamie had a go on the very front of the elephant (which scared me even more, lol!) and our elephant was the greedist of the bunch...we were feeding him bananas and he kept stopping till we gave him more!! After this was bamboo rafting...a wetter experience, floating down the river on a raft of bamboo! Not a bad way to spend your birthday...different!! We got dropped back in chang mai and we got dolled up ready for a night on the town for Jas birthday...got down the 1st pub only to find that nowhere was serving alcohol that day due to it been election day-gutted!! Now that certainley did make Jas birthday different to any other, haha!!
Next stop Phuket. We flew to Bangkok before taking the overnight train to Phuket!! Phuket was crazy...very lively at night and full of ladyboys and pingpong shows (not that we went to any, lol!) By day we lazed in the sun on the beach. The beach was massive and packed with beds and brollys. You could get anything from thai massages to manicures to clothes!! All at bargain prices! The weather has been scorching and even getting in the sea doesnt cool you down-the water is so warm!
From here we took a boat to Phi Phi island for 4nights. Its like paradise here! Although its very busy its a total contrast to Phuket...so laid back and chilled out. We did a boat trip where we went snorkelling...saw monkeys at monkey bay, and saw maya bay where the film the beach was filmed. Once again most of the time we have been chilling on the beach (we'r in holiday mode now!) but Ja spent one day doing a discover scuba diving course. He did two dives and loved every minute...saw lots of tropical fish and turtles aswell as amazing reef! Today we are taking the boat across to Krabi for 3nights before we head to Koh Phangan.
Hold on tight for the photos xxx
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