Day 230- Finding breakfast proved quite difficult as everywhere was so expensive but we managed to find a decent deal at a hotel. We needed a hit of culture so walked around the city and found a small temple which was nice and spent some time admiring the many buddha sculptures and enjoying the peace and quiet. Back on the busy streets we continued our walk and then pulled up at a cafe for a nice cold fruit shake- we need our five a day after all! Then we walked...

Day 228- It was a constructive morning as I managed to wash a lot of clothes in the sink before heading to breakfast, some how this managed to flood the whole bathroom - typical. We decided to leave it and popped along the road for some egg and bacon sarnies - amazing and dead cheap, we could see straight away by the cheap prices and competition this was a backpacker place. Back at the hotel our bathroom was still flooded so after a bit of complaining we moved ...

Day 226- We checked out by 7 as the trip started at 8.30 and we needed to have breakfast and check into a new hotel. We even had time to check out the room we were staying in, the travel agency offered us a room for cheap since we booked a tour through him, it turned out to be really nice with a river view. We walked down to the river with the group and boarded our little boat that would take us upstream. There was a Dutch couple, an Estonian woman and a Czech. I...

Day 224- We were up fairly early and tried to find some normal breakfast but all we could find was fancy French food which not only cost a fortune but was weird. We gave up and popped in a local joint for beef noodle soup - much better. The place was beautiful, one good French influence was the buildings, they were so beautiful, like a little colonial town. We walked around looking in temples here and there. There was a bridge crossing the river so we walked down...

Day 221- When we were at the market with the cookery school we spotted a woman dishing at huge bowls of yoghurt, fruit and muesli so we popped there for breakfast. We were recommended to try the coffee banana shake as well- safe to say we won't be getting it again. We were picked up on standard Thai-time and it was a further hour of driving around Chiang Mai in a full bus stopping at random guesthouse's before we finally got going! We were chatting away to a gi...