Hello again,This has to be quick since we're at Chiang Mai Airport waiting for a plane to Bangkok. We've then got a 7 hour wait at that airport before flying off to Hanoi in North Vietnam!The day before we left 'óur little slice of heaven' we enjoyed an elephant ride through the jungle (our animal turned out to be a juvenile delinquent who just wanted to pick up logs at one end and drop them at the other!!!) and then walked for about 3 hour...

Hi everybody,Yesterday we spent 3 hours updating the blog and uploading photos only for the signal to die just as we were about to save!!! Not happy people but that balances out the amazingly good time we are having.The flight to Chiang Mai and subsequent departure to Chiang Dao went like clockwork and we arrived at our Northern Thailand slice of heaven refreshed and raring to go. However, first impressions of the bungalow area were "what the .............ar...

Hi everyone, sorry we're a little late with an update but come on, we are on holiday!Departure from UK went like clockwork and we arrived slightly jaded and stuffed to the eyeballs on too much Thai Airways food -not much else to do on a plane other than eat, walk to the toilet and back and try to sleep at unnatural hours! However, jadedness disappeared rapidly when we were ushered into one of the local death traps that masquerades as a taxi! Bombing up the su...

It's happened -first grandchild arrived late last night -little girl 6lb 13oz -mum, dad & baby (no name yet!) all well, Nan and Grandad exhausted!!! We are busily packing and moving off to Devon tomorrow to capture photos!PS:Baby's name now confirmed as Cerys ('Keris' to English spellers!!!). They (Leah & Mark) are using Mark's family name of 'Plant' which invariably means it will get called 'spider', 'rubber' o...

Our Trip 2007FEBRUARY25: B/HAM - LONDON: Depart Digbeth via National Express 11.30/ Arrive Heathrow 14.00. Hopper bus to Thistle Hotel26: LONDON – THAILAND: Check in T3 09.50 / depart 11.5027: BANGKOK: Arrive T1 06.10a/ Taxi to Royal River Hotel / Store   luggage / Free day 28: BANGKOK: Free day MARCH01: BANGKOK: Free day02: BANGKOK - CHAING MAI: Taxi from hotel 10.00 / check in 11.05 / depart 12.05 / arrive 13.15pm. / Taxi to Chiang Dao Nest03: C...