Despite what we said we unfortunately made the mistake of starting our trek on 5 hours sleep and hungover!! Believe us we wont make that mistake again!! We were picked up from our guest house 9.30am sharp, then did the rounds to pick up the other trekkers and went on our way. We were driven 1 hour in the blazing sun, guzelling water and eating crisps (bear in mind the hangover) and Alaine had a quick cat nap. 1st destination was a food market where we were ...

After a long journey to chiang mai from bangkok with a very comfortable 1st class sleeper carriage, despite the friendly lady who tried to sell us beer every hour we arrived to be mobbed by a fleet of taxis and people trying to take us to their guest houses. We followed our bible otherwise known as the lonely planet and found ourselves at a lovely little spot called jonadda guesthouse. Off of the main drinking strip it was a great find owned by a thai and aussie ...