Chiang mai and pai 6th September to 13th septemberAfter a long 17hour journey up to the far northern reaches of Thailand, I arrived in chiang mai! Renown for its dense jungles and rolling rice fields!Day one brought us looking at more temples, much better than in Bangkok as they had lots of English information boards explaining the history.Zip lining through the jungle with abseiling and Bridge walks brought on day 3, with a thai cooking course for the importan...

Koh Tao 1st September - 5th SeptemberOnce again the purpose of this visit was far planned in advanced; scuba diving! And dive I did! Fitting 9 dives into 4 days!This Island is renowned for its low cost, high pleasure diving, so when fully coordinated dives are offered at £20 a go, how can you say no!?With water at 30degrees C at 30m down, it's just board shorts and the dive equipment. Favourite dive: night dive; boating out during sunset was one thing alone...

Koh Phangang 28th Aug - 1st SeptOne goal was set for this island; the half moon party!Promising neon paint, fire dancers, techno-electronic music and copious amounts of alcohol, this is a party that has to be attended when visiting Thailand! ... and that was exactly the story gained from this island: thousands of people crammed into a night club in the jungle with alcohol and crazy dancing!Although I must say when mopeding around the island there are so many lu...

Final day in Kanchanaburi brings on the elephant riding and bathing, getting to stomp through the jungle while steering an elephant really isn't something you get to do every day, surprisingly comfortable though the trek was nothing compared to the elephant bathing! There is just something extra special about being picked up by their trunk and thrown into deep water, you can see the glint of happiness in their eyes (payback for sitting on them all day) as you ar...

Same day, next event: Tiger temple, the massive tourist attraction with the opportunity to stroke and have pictures with Bengal tigers! although sounding scary, these cats were very 'tame' or from what we could tell, very drugged! Made it a safe and an amazing experience, but not one to appreciate. Finally after a long day we looked forward to a night on the river, but first another boat ride, up the fast flowing river into the jungle until eventually reaching o...