we woke up early to head out to a mushroom farm. this was going to be good *Yawn*. we allgot on our bikes and made our way around a couple of temples where we got to one where it had a pond full of giant catfish. and i mean giant! there were about 30 of them just fighting for bread that we'd taken with us. we had a look around the temple and after about 30 mins we were off again this time towards a mushroom farm. they took us round and showed us how they grew t...

after getting off the songthai we arrived at the Elephant Conservation Centre (ECC) it was the first one in thialand to have govenment funding for rehabiliating elephants. some they can set back out into the wild others thay'll keep becasue they may be too injured or become too acustomed to being hand fed and not having to forage. as soon as you see them up close you really notice how chuffing big and how strong they are. one mangaed to grab hold of my wrist whi...

in lampang we arrived at our guesthouse that was down some alleyway but had a huge gate and some double decked accomodation that was japanese style. after settling in we made a move for the streets, this was quite a walk away and we easyily got lost even with our well detailed photocopied map! after a breif walk around a couple of the girls fancied a massage while the rest of us left them speeding away in a Tuk Tuk while we went in search of the internet. after ...

we arrived early morning in Sukhothai (I'm not going to say it too much its difficult to spell!) well anyway Sukhothai was once the capital of Thailand in the 12th century and is full of buddas and statues. after arriving at our guest house with our other travelers we got assorted into our rooms, we ended up across from Jen, who Sid had an intimate relationship with! (those who don't know Sid is a monkey teddy that travels with me and josh!) any way after Jens ...

we arrived in thailand at about 4am to check into our hotel where we meet our tour group. lucky for us it was an expensive hotel definatly one we couldnt afford, we checked in and found our room and fell straight asleep till about 12 midday. (obviously we were tired). it was a nice room with tv and nice marbled bathroom. we decided to take a look around bankok which led us onto a main road that was unnamed for some reason but it was always full of tourists! afte...