hello from our last destination of the tour, Chiang Mai. we had to get up at 6:30am this morning, in order to catch the 3 hour public bus. last night the ladyboy show was a big disappointment. it was a large food court centred around a stage, which had poor performances from wannabe ladies. some of the "ladies" were not very convincing, with masculine jaws and hairy belly buttons. today, we went to visit our last temple of the north, located at the su...

well, we are now in the far north of thailand, amongst the paddy fields and pineapple fields. On the way to Chiang Rai yesterday, we stopped at the elephant conservation centre, which was great. We watched the elephants bath, then paint pictures! then had a elephant ride through the jungle, which was very bumpy! After, for lunch our tour guide took us to a local food market, there were a suprising amount of fried cockroaches, and beetles etc. Neither of us were d...

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...