I had the morning to myself at the house just to chill and sort myself out which was really nice and much needed. Dan told me to help myself to anything in the house and hand any of my washing to their maid, Arlene! A maid... I had just come from living in the most basic and dirty places to now suddenly staying in a gorgeous house with amazing views and a maid! This was unreal! I met Arlene and she was just so lovely! She gave me a massive hug and asked if there ...

I woke at 3 am ready for my tuk tuk taxi at 3.45. I wasn't that tired, just excited! There was nothing open in the airport that early in the morning so it was quite boring to be on my own. I flew with Airasia and it was a pleasant flight with maple syrup pancakes plane food! I was meeting my Dads cousin, Dan, at the train station in HK, and he had explained to me everything I needed to do so it was really easy getting to Central HK from the airport! My first imp...

I woke at 5 am and got myself ready for a day of zip lining. I waited at reception until the mini bus picked me up. There was already a lot of people on the bus, so I sat in the middle of a couple. We all got talking and it turned out three of us were afraid of heights! What the hell was I getting myself in for. Our first stop was Mae Komp village which was tiny little place where they made all sorts of traditional Thai products such as hand weaved baskets, tea s...

I woke up early to get ready for the mini bus. When it arrived, it wasn't a mini bus but a tail back truck and a small group of us had to sit at the back. I got talking to a couple my age from Scotland. They were really nice and some of their travelling stories were very interesting. It took about an hour and half to get to the elephant conservation and three of us got off as we were training the elephants today, not just riding them. The other couple were Englis...

I woke up early so that I didn't miss the girls before they left. I waved them off at the door then headed back to my room. I sat on my bed in silence and thought for a second. I suddenly had a moment of realisation... I was all alone! I felt a bit sad, what was I going to do! I sat and thought about it for a while then pulled myself together and told myself, I'm only in Chiang Mai for three days, just get ready and get out. So I did! First I had to get some more...