Got picked up for cooking course by a man named Pot. After a couple of stops we dropped into the local market where we were introduced to a few local ingredients that would be used during the day. Then we were on our way to Pot and Nancy's house, our teachers for the day, just outside of Chiang Mai. Once we had strategically selected our dishes so there was no overlap we were straight to the high powered Woks! There was only 4 us us sometimes can be up to 10 ...

Although we arrived late to Chiang Mai we were pleasantly suprised by the guesthouse we had booked (Green Tulip House) although Ash had done the trip advisor check on the place and forgot to mention to me about one of the mad owners 'Stella' who people had mentioned on the reviews. Although lovely and very helpful she was very loud for a thai lady and broke out in air guitar and random singing and dancing everynow and then! She had a glass of red wine in her hand...

Our second day in Bangkok (Sunday) took us to the weekend market at Chatuchak park; wow what an experience! Although myself and Jenny had spent rather a long day there on my previous trip to Thailand I forgot how hectic and big it was. Ash was on the hunt for shorts which after a 2 hour search, he mamaged to buy some fromk the first stall we looked at (always the case hey!). I also took Ash to the market on the Sky train which gave him th chance to see the city f...

Although we arrived to rain in Bangkok, our spirits were high as we had a great flight from Hong Kong and we were feeling excited about the new adventures that lied ahead. We both still cant believe that we`re only a week down and many more to go. I have to keep telling myself to chill out and sllllloooooooooooowwwwwwwww down. April pace is far too fast for Asia! Another pleasing hostel in Bangkok thanks to Dunc and Ness`s recommendation: Lamphu House is a great...