From when we got picked up from the hostel, to when we arrived in Chiang Mai, it took 23 hours in the end… painful! With the waiting for bus changes and waiting at the borders the journey really dragged. We checked in to Deejai Backpackers which was recommended and met back up with Charlotte, Kelly & Georgie… the three girls doing a similar route to us, and we have already seen in Vietnam and Cambodia. We had a chilled day after the journey and book...

When we woke the next morning we jumped on the peds and got breakfast. We didn't really fancy a 3 hour hike to a dried up waterfall when we had seen an amazing one about a week before so we decided to go and see the canyon, then come back and chill at the big pool. It took about 20 minutes to ride to the canyon. When you get there you walk up a big hill and steps and at the top there are viewing platforms to take photos and a small track you can walk around the...

Today was something we were really looking forward to! We were going to ride elephants and then go to Tiger Kingdom where you can actually touch the tigers. The tour guide picked us up at half 8 and took us to a market to buy some food for the elephants. We all bought a few bunches of bananas for them then made our way to the elephant camp. As soon as we got there we were given some Mahout ( elephant driver ) clothes to wear, which were a denim shirt and de...