Days 7 - 9 (8th 9th & 10th May) 8th - We departed from our hotel in Chiang Mai around 9am by a pick up truck and then onto the Chiang Mai Inn where we met and picked up the rest of our group.We drove about 1 hour to the local market so that we could stock up on food, water and sun cream then a further 1 hour drive to the Elephant camp in the mountain (doi itanon mountain national park) where I went Elephant riding again, this time though not on my own.Altho...

Day 6 - 7th May After a long journey on the over night train we finally arrive in Chiang Mai. We had a transfer arranged to pick us up from the train station and take us to our hotel (you'll probably have noticed that we haven't actually made it to any hostels as yet!) We stayed in a nice place called the Parasol Inn and what a difference Chiang Mai is compared to the dirty smelly town of Bangkok! Chiang Mai is a lot cleaner and the people here seem a lot frien...