After another comfortable overnight train we arrived in Chiang Mai where we planned to spend just 3 - 4 nights; 1 of which was in a hill tribe village. We arrived at our remote hotel in Chiang Mai and spent two nights there whilst we planned our trek. The trek itself was extremely tough but well worth it. After an elephant ride we walked for 4 hours to the top of a mountain where a Burmese tribe lived. The village had no electricity or hot water but some villager...

The flights were quite expensive so for our journey to Chiang Mai we had decided to take a boat, minivan and 2 overnight trains with a night stop in bangkok. Our overnight train to bangkok was a pleasant experience with comfortable and clean bedding. We had booked ourselves into the Naria hotel which was in the financial district of bangkok. The hotel was modern, clean and of a high standard considering the small amount we had paid. After a spot of lunch we hop...

From Phuket we took a boat to the beautiful island of phi phi which is a small island with no cars.The town itself is a maze of streets filled with little shops restaurants and bars. The inhabitants and tourists are predominately backpackers and hippy travellers which give the island a relaxed but not authentically Thai fee. It reminded a little of the lanes in Brighton. Our accommodation was awful, so before even putting our bags down we went to a bar to use the...

We had planned to take a short boat ride to the island of Phuket. However, had we done our homework we wouldv'e discovered that Monday is their day of rest and boats were not operating! So, instead we had to take a minivan which was due to take about 3 hours. 30 minutes into our journey the van started misfiring and we broke down. Almost 3 long hours later a replacement minivan arrived. The 3 hours would've felt even longer had we not had a travel version of conn...

We arrived at our hotel 10am the following morning. The hotel was all we could have hoped for! Set within a secluded location surrounded by impressive mountains was the Phu Petra resort. The staff greeted us with what I think was an iced tamarind tea. Our bungalow was finished to an excellent standard and furnished with a large plasma tv and a super king size bed. I wasted no time and jumped under the covers sleeping for the rest of the day whilst Amy relaxed by...