After a surprisingly comfy night on the train we arrived in Chiang Mai and headed for a hostel, the one we had thought of was booked up and listening to our taxi driver trying to sell something as they all are actually paid off when he took us to his mate's place called SK House with a room with private bathroom and fan for 300 baht (about 4 pound). Absolutely shattered we crashed for a couple hours then sorted out the next couple days with the travel agent ...

After a late wake up and lazy last few hours in Bangkok we headed for Bangkok train station and boarded the overnight train to Chiang Mai. We had the option of taking the bus for the 13 hour trip, but still feeling confident after not yet checking our bank balance we opted for the far comfier air con train journey of the same length in time. And as soon as we were on the train we were glad we had! The overnight trains have sleeping quarters, and unable to ...

Hi guys, in Chiang Mai now, north of Bangkok & thought we'd best update you on our last few days before we start to forget. Since we last left you we've been all over the place - had a rather cultural day in Bangkok wandering around the main temples inc Wat Po with the massive reclining buddah statue (massive's an understatement - look at the pics) and visited the Grand Palace where the King used to live up until recently. Loads of impressive temples, statu...