I had booked an early flight back to Bangkok as we only had a few days before having to make our way South to Koh Phangan. 6 am start, I packed up all my remaining bits and pieces, said a massive thankyou and farewell to Dan and Sas and got in the taxi Dan had kindly booked and paid for. They really had looked after me these last few days, I was really sad to be leaving. I left theres at 7.30 am and managed to hit all the city traffic, so what should have been a ...

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...

It was weird to spend a night on my own without the girls but I met with them for breakfast so I wasn't without them for long. I had a ciabatta ham and cheese toastie which was a bit nicer than the last 100 toasties I've had. We decided to head to the Tiger Cave Temple which was 1,237 Steps to the top. I thought we would boss it as the 300 Steps to the top of Batu caves in Kuala Lumpur took no time at all, so just times that by four... Well I was massively mistak...