Chiangmai and elephants We have had quite an exciting past two days. Yesterday we walked around town checking out some temples and seeing some of Chiangmai. At 420pm we had a Thai cooking course booked! We showed up and found out we would be making five different things. I was a little nervous since I'm not the best at multi tasking in the kitchen! We started the course by looking in the garden they have in the back. We smelt several herbs and spices that we w...

Ayutthaya temple ruins and birthday journey to Chang Mai After breakfast and prepping for the day we rented bicycles from our hostel. Our lonely planet guide book had a bicycle tour showing the main ruins around town. Our first stop was the Ayutthaya historical museum. Here we learned about the history of Ayutthaya when it was capital of Siam. Ayutthaya was wealthy and powerful for centuries. However in 1767 the Burmese sacked the city leaving behind ruins tha...

Bangkok day 3 and journey to Ayuthaya. Today we decided to sleep in until 9. We woke up, showered, packed up our bags and checked out of our budget hostel. We were able to store our bags in the back room for the morning and went for breakfast. Jason left to head for the Indonesian consulate to pick up his passport and visa for later in his trip. Niki, Michelle, and I went to the river and caught a boat towards a temple we noticed yesterday we wanted to check ou...

Bangkok day 3 Today was a pretty awesome day. We left our guest house around 830 and grabbed some pineapple and a fruit shake from the amazing street vendors. From here we left our home of Khao San Road and went to the pier. We caught a boat up the Chao Phraya River to a large market. Here we wandered around for a long time taking pictures and exploring. The market had everything from clothes, fruits and vegetables, tons of fish and meat sitting out in the open...

I posted a blog from Khao Sok, day one of getting to Bangkok, and this one all tonight so check them all out. Blog overload I know buy we don't have reliable Internet so I have to post them all when I can! Bangkok day 2 This morning we woke up and made a rough plan for our trip north. In the meantime, Jason had gone to the Indonesian embassy to get a visa for his travels later on. Once he was back we set out for a walk to check out a little Bangkok daytime act...