Hey all! We are now in Chiang Mai, after a 13 hour journey from Bangkok on an overnight sleeper train - definitely worth the experience! We met some fellow travellers hailing from Essex, turns out they were on the same flight out to Bangkok as us. Unfortunately the girls didnt get much sleep but were kept entertained by playing Blackjack and then watching late DVD sessions on a PSP. They were however told to pack in there mobile entertainment centre and shut up ...

Sunday morning, after our first night out in Khao San Road, Bangkok - hungover for sure! Last night didnt get off to the greatest of starts, with dodgy dinners all round. Zak's Roquefort Steak sounded good on paper, but what came out looked like processed dog meat! Leanna's Spaghetti pomodoro wasnt to great either and Nikki's tomato soup was certainly no Heinz. However it set us up nicely for getting drunk quicker, and 9 cocktails and a litre of Chang beer later,...

Sawat Dii! We arrived in Bangkok and having travelled half way around the world we still couldnt avoid friday night rush hour! After spending an hour an a half in a mad taxi with a taxi driver that watched the tv and created his own lane on the road, we arrived at our hotel, which was surprisingly upmarket for a group of travellers. We headed to khosan road to sample some thai cuisine before heading back for an early night. We did have our first near death expe...