After a fantastically written first and second blog dani has allowed me (with her checking) to write the next one so here goes!! We left Chiang Mai at 9am catching a mini bus to the border town of Chiang Khong. It took 8 hours to get up there so we got there by 5pm. We checked into our hostel which was a classy establishment that smelt slightly like a sewer! But it was only 1 night and we are embracing being travellers! We had a really really nice dinner and go...

Having already booked our hostel in Chaing Mai we were picked up from the station and taken to our hostel within the city walls. Within our package we booked was a 2 day, 2 night trek through the Chiang Rai jungle so after a days exploring and a better nights sleep than the last, we were loaded into the back of a truck with 7 other people and driven 2 hours into the Chiang Rai jungle. We had lunch in a small village on the outskirts of the jungle and then set of...

After an 11 hour flight, (through which I slept through 10 hours and Craig slept 2) a train and tube journey, we arrived at our hostel in Hua Lamhong in Bangkok. After a relatively comfortable nights stay, we decided to go to Ko Ratanakosin, the large Buddhist area which is home to Wat Pho, the Grand Palace and Wat Arun. It took a while to actually get there due to an arguement with a tuk tuk driver and a missed bus (we didnt realise you actually had to jump on ...