hello, we arrived at lampang today at lunchtime, after a hot and sweaty 4hour bus journey. the hotel is nice and on arrival we ate yet another thai buffet (cant wait for a pizza or something). this afternoon some of the group opted for a traditional thai massage. this was amazing, and it only cost 4pounds! we had a couples massage in the same room, which was fun as we couldn't understand anything the thai ladies were saying! thai massage is a mix between yoga an...

hello since we last wrote, we have joined our group consisting of: a mother & son from toronto, 3 english girls, 1 english guy, a couple from belgium, a couple from switzerland, and a lady from new york. we started off the tour on saturday morning with a canal boat around bangkok, to the floating vegetable and flower markets, trying some new exotic fruits. from there we visited the sleeping/reclining buddha at wat po, which was massive and covered in gold l...

Yesterday, we went to the grand palace, which was amazing! i was told before that i could take a scarf to cover up my shoulders and to wear my linen trousers in the grand palace grounds. however the guards said that covering up with scarves was not suitable. so i had to rent a gastly yellow shirt, with a funky scent! i made sure ally didnt take any of me! The buildings and temples were spectacular, all covered in tiny mosaic tiles. After, we went to Golden Mounta...

hello! Just back from a very busy day. we signed up for a day tour that took us various places on the outskirts of bangkok. we got picked up from the hotel at 7.15am, and first went to the floating markets, which were very interesting. it was hard to buy anything as you were constantly moving, but was really cool. next stop was a choice between an elephant ride or a snake show, and as we are doing an elephant trek up north later in the month, we decided with the...

hello! wel our first day in bangkok was very interesting! we explored on foot for about an hour, constantly being harrassed by tuktuk men wanting to take us anywhere for 5baht= 10p! we got talking to one of the locals about the best way to get around and find things, and suggested to do a deal with the tuktuk men. so we managed to get a tuktuk to take us around all afternoon for 20baht = 40p! we visited big buddha, lucky buddha and marble temple, and the tuktuk ...