Greetings, We are currently in Chiang Rai - the very nothern-most part of Thailand. We arrived here on Wednesday after a relatively painless flight and transfer from Bangkok where we stopped at an Airport Hotel. We got to the Hotel we are staying in and were shown to our own Bamboo Cottage by the very friendly staff here. It is beautiful, set on a mountain top with views over the surrounding jungle and distant hills. We have a huge four poster bed, sitting area...

Hey All, On Monday we went to Erawen Falls in the morning. 7 tiers of beautiful waterfalls cascading into bright blue pools. We woke up to clear skys and fierce sunshine, not the best day for walking 2km up the very steep path! :-) It was 37°C and the sun was pounding down. It certainly is very hot here! The hike was definitely worth it though, we stopped and had a dip in one of the pools and surprise suprise, Holly fell head over heels on a big slippery rock i...

Sawadee Ka (again!), We arrived in Kanachanaburi (River Kwai region) on Friday afternoon. We had a few problems at the bus station - we were trying to get the bus to our hotel but the bus driver didn't want to stop locally as it added time to his journey (damn the inconvenience of passengers wanting to get off the bus!) so in the end, with a little help from the tourist police, we got a Songthaew to our hotel. Songthaew's are interesting vehicles, they're basica...

Sawadee Ka, We arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday afternoon. We caught the airport shuttle bus to Sala Daeng MTR station and caught the sky train to Saphan Taskin. The sky train was pretty cool, you get to see the city below from it. We walked to try and find our hotel - at only 7pm it was pitch black and the road signs are mainly in Thai! We arrived at the hotel rather hot (it is baking here!) and looking like scruffy backpackers... The hotel was the equivalent t...