So then the tale continues.....

Went back to bangkok after yet another overnite train from ChangMai...sad to say goodbye to the guides and the girlies asa we all went our separate ways :-(

went and had athai massage (after all that rafting and Elephant riding twas much needed!!) It was amazing and 180 baht about 2.60 ridiculas!!

Met our new group which is sooo different to the other 1. there are 15 of us so tis pretty big, our guide is a Kiwi and we are only his second group that hes taken round which is also slightly wierd but different is good! Went 4 dinner and drinks with the new bunch and got up the next day ready 4 another overnite train to the South. overnite trains have seemed to get worse and worse the more we go on them. 1st one was awesome all air con massive beds now the last 1 we went on was boiling, had mossies everywhere and stank!! Never mind all trains are done with now woop woop!

Arrived finally at our new abode. Tis BEAutiful!! Its a national park around the area where we are staying so all so pretty and woody. we stayed in bungalow type things which we cuteand again all so clean and everythink! i so thought we were going to do alot more roughing it but aparently not! Most of the crew wnet elephant riding but we had already done that so went off 4 an explore. When the rest got bak from the ele's we went to the river where there is a rope swing  and spend all afternoon leaping into this river! twas gorgeous...really clear and stuff altho i am ss***e on the swing, the least gracefull thing u have ever seen! the locals were all around helping us out and teaching us how top do it which was wikid as well. Loads of local kids playing about on it.

Had dinner bak at the place we were staying and the food there is amazing and so cheap!had a good group dinner and started getting to know everyone alot more and again we are super lucky and have an amzing group twice!!

lots of funnies but the things that u kinda have to be there 4 else they wont make a whole lotta sense!!

We all took ourselves off on a hike the next day and my god a hike it was. Was boiling hot and sweaty and we were hiking thru rainforset type jungle to try and see some sites... were hiking 4 4 hours which was a tad ridiculas when we wernt aiming to get anywhere but a good workout i'd say! One of the lads Jack is a rite Mr.Springwatch...haha he was constantly looking out 4 random things..he found a snake and a trail of really big ants!  i think he needs some more practise!! Played in the river again on that rope swing and a group dinner yummy yummy!