Pancakes for breakfast, now this I could get used to. Edd and I were both annoyed with the 2 year old that was on the boat with us. She only seemed to communicate in scream and we were both pretty certain at this point that it wasn't normal. We needed to do some washing as we weren't going to have much time in Chiang Mai the first few days and by the time we were going to get around to it, our situation would be dire. Edd communicated to one of the staff, in inte...

We awoke to cool morning air, well rested and ready for the day. We left at 9.30am for what Tom called 'The coconut island.' The long tail boats took us on a 20-minute ride to one of the islands and we hiked to the top - the cool morning air now a distant memory. He showed us around a local village with chickens, dogs, ducks and children running around freely. He explained that approximately 200 people lived on the island, most of them Burmese, and had jobs colle...

I didn't get that much sleep as it was too hot and the fans we had didn't work, so woke up feeling rather grouchy. We did some morning swimming after breakfast and I took a tube out onto the lake. A false sense of security, but it got me out nevertheless. Edd had the other tube and spent a great deal of his time pretending to get pulled down into the water and eaten.We had some lunch and a 30 minute nap before we set off for the afternoon's activities. We left on...

We'd been at Tara Raft for 5 nights. We found out on the last morning that they serve breakfast. We were both delighted and dismayed at this fact as we had walked to the high street every day to get food when in fact, it was served in our own accommodation. We had a knock at the door by the 'Visit Beyond' tour guide at exactly 11am, as they were there to fetch us for the Lake House Adventure. We decided to take all our water with us as we knew we were getting gi...

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...