We were up quite late and ended up having a lazy relaxed morning! When we finally got going we popped to the tour agent so that they could copy our passports and then went mooching again! This evening there is the Sunday walking street which is a huge market and many of the stalls were being set up already. After mooching along a few streets we found ourselves in a modern cafe for lunch. We had some interesting fruit shakes, including orange, passion fruit and ca...

Our guesthouse is owned by a Frenchman so we had a lovely french breakfast! We then set off to explore! The city is very cultural and there are 180 temples here! There were two main ones that we wanted to see so we went to find them! We enjoyed just wandering through the streets as you don't get hassled here for tuk tuks or massages! The Thais are also more friendly here, while walking down the street many people who pass you or drive by smile which makes a nice ...

We slept reasonably well but were awake early. The train man came and put our beds away and we had seats opposite each other. It was very cold though so we were sat in fleeces and scarves!! We got some odd looks from the Thais!! The train was quiet as many people had got off during the night! We enjoyed mooching at the scenery on the way. We arrived in Chiang Mai at about 2pm and got a tuk tuk to our guesthouse. Its a lovely guesthouse and is full of local handi...

We were up before it was even light! We got our stuff together and I waited at the hostel while Mark went to get MCDs breakfast! A few mins after he left we had torrential rain and I sat watching the electricity box on the other side of the street sparking! Hmmm! After a few mins I heard a bang and all the electricity went out and I was sat there in darkness on my own until it came back on..scary! Our minibus was quite late picking us up, perhaps because of the ...

We were booked on to a 4 hour tour of the island for this morning so were collected at 9am by our minibus. We managed to fit a fair bit into the time and it ended up being about 6hours instead! The first stop was at the Plai Laem Temple and the Joa Mae Kuan Im where there were various buildings and sights to see. The detail on the buildings is incredible and some parts are glittery and shiny! There were various monks present but they have nothing to do with women...