So the train journey from Bangkok to Chiang Mai was great and we arrived feeling relatively refreshed and ready to go. We then got swarmed by a million tuk tuk drivers and taxi owners who wanted us to stay in their hotels but fortunately we already had accommodation lined up otherwise who knows where we would have ended up. Chiang Mai is a fascinating old city and is a lot easier to navigate than Bangkok.We stayed in the "old city" which is completely surrounded ...

Where does one start! Bangkok has been an amazing experience in so many ways. Firstly we realised how unfit we were and secondly what a protected life we had both been living for the past two and a half years. As a tourist your success in Bangkok is measured on your knowledge of how things work? Taxis, tuk-tuk's and scooters can literally defy the laws of "taking the piss"! After a few miss haps we've got the hang of things. Don't take "set rate" taxis. Only ride...

Bangkok!! I really don't believe there's a short description for how this city really is! We've been in sleepy Daylesford for the past two and a half years and walking into Bangkok today was, lets just say, levelling! After landing we sorted out some bits and pieces at the airport then got a taxi to our hotel. Our cab driver was obviously not having a great day because I thought he was going to throw us out half way there. He was like an angry bird straight out o...