We had a lazy Sunday morning and stayed in bed while we booked our Chiang Mai accommodation. Edd had found a few things to do on Trip Advisor and we had a look at their websites for itineraries and cost. After much deliberation, we booked a cooking course on a Thai Farm for the day – I initially argued that I could not think of anything worse to do, but we found a lovely cooking school on a Thai farm where you picked your vegetables, cooked 6 different dish...

We woke up on Saturday morning feeling like rusty old robots that hadn't been oiled. The previous days adventures were far more active than we were used to and our bodies were protesting.Today was going to be a day of domestication. We were leaving Kanchanaburi in 2 days for a Lake House Adventure, but needed to sort out a few logistical issues: we were getting back from the Adventure really late the next Friday night and wanted to get to Chiang Mai without w...

We woke up 3 times in the early hours of Friday morning, both concerned we'd oversleep again. We got up at 6.30am to the harassment of my alarm, dressed and packed for the days activities. We walked down to Tara B&B on the high street as we wanted to have a good breakfast before we got picked up. Funnily enough, we both had the same attitude: please, no noodles! We were both in the mood for a real English: eggs, bacon & toast (we weren't going to push our...

Edd set his phone alarm for 6.30am on Thursday morning as we were being fetched at 7.30 for a morning of floating markets. We awoke to the somewhat loud chirping of what we thought were local birds and I wondered why they only seemed to have one tune - this was quite a change from Bangkok as we hadn't really seen any birds there, apart from the odd pigeon. We were still in bed when we heard a knock at the door… It was our driver. It was 7.30. Our alarm had not ...

Wednesday found us waking up at 10.30am and getting ready for the long trek to Kanchanaburi. We were glad to be getting out of the hustle and bustle of Bangkok; we were looking for a more authentic Thailand and this city was far too westernized. You get the feeling that it relies on tourists for income, and their scams prove it. People come to Asia to do Eastern soul searching, find things out about themselves they never knew, the meaning of life - the meaning of...