26th April 2005 - CHIANG MAI Arrived in Chiang Mai and leave the hustle and bustle of Bangkok behind us. The guest house we are staying at is very basic but clean despite the eggy smelling shower. Explore the city today and come across another temple. This time there are buddiost statues from Thailand, Burma and China. We saw some monks playing by the river. It was quite nice. The wind picked up and we thought we were in for a storm so took refuge in ...

24th April 2005 - BANGKOK CONTINUED Hi all! Time to move hotels and so we leave the air conditioning behind and make our way to the Wild Orchid. Only 5 minute walk that seemed like an hour!!! We paid 50 baht less than the New Siam II for a suite!!! Wanted to see some thai boxing, but tickets were surprisingly over budget. A misunderstanding with the tuk tuk driver and he still took us to the stadium but we got in for only 500 baht. A absolute bar...

23rd April 2005 - BANGKOK. There's one place you must see when visiting Bangkok, The Grand Palace. The Grand Palace isn't just one building. It is like a city within walls and has a number of Wat's, Halls, a mansion and the most important piece; The Temple of the Emerald Budda. You must take of your shoes to go inside, a simple task you might think. But when the florr has had the sun beating down on it all day this can be a little tricky. I opted for a tip toe...

Sawadee Krap, (Hello - to the Non Thai Speakers) Arrived safely in Bangkok - flight wasn't luxury but got here safe and sound. Our first attempt at backpacking failed as we left the airport, hit the heat and saw the queue for the taxi's - Airport taxi it was and expensive it wasn't but still three times what we should have paid. Hotel was great and cool thanks to the much needed air conditioning. Got settled and headed out in search of the much talked ...

Sawadee Krap, (Hello - to the Non Thai Speakers) Arrived safely in Bangkok - flight wasn't luxury but got here safe and sound. Our first attempt at backpacking failed as we left the airport, hit the heat and saw the queue for the taxi's - Airport taxi it was and expensive it wasn't but still three times what we should have paid. Hotel was great and cool thanks to the much needed air conditioning. Got settled and headed out in search of the much talked ...