Got bus to Chinsg rai, was the bumpiest journey in our lives! Met a guy slaughtered on samsomg the local whiskey which was fun! Had a loveley room room for about 5 puond per night which was cool, had beers by the pool then headed to the nght bazaar which was amazing, Mark had a dusgusting suasage which made me sick and even he didbnt eat it! I just ate fruit which was a nice change. Saw massive cockraoches near food market which made us a bit ill but we plowed on...

Chiang Mai: We arrived in Chiang Mai at around 7am after a pretty awful overnight coach journey.We had planned (and was looking forward) to taking the overnight sleeper train, but tickets were already sold out for that night.We were told the overnight coach is even quicker, but were then mis-sold the coach seats, which we supposed to be reclining.Instead they were in the lower deck, with far less space, and massive sacks of rice in the aisles!Journey over,...

Patara Elephant Farm: The minibus picked us up at the hotel at 7am, and after a 40 minute drive we arrived at Patara Elephant Farm.We picked Patara over the many other elephant companies (despite being more expensive) as it is actively supporting elephant breeding, and is not here just as a tourist attraction.Every interaction was geared towards caring for the elephants (such as morning health checks, brushing, feeding, walking, and bathing).The owner gave...

Kanchanaburi: We got up early on Monday (21st Feb) to catch our train to Kanchanaburi, but despite giving ourselves and hour to get to the station, the Bangkok traffic had other ideas, and we missed our train by 5 minutes. The next train was in 6 hours! Luckily we found out there was a more regular bus service, which actually took an hour less than the train - good result. We arrived at Kanchanaburi around mid-day and it felt even hotter than Bangkok (36 ...

Bangkok Part 1: Landed in Bangkok after our mamoth journey and 20 pounds lighter having had a beer in Dubai airport! Stayed at the Ariyasomvilla in Bangkok and it was absolutely fantastic. The food was vegetarian or seafood and was delicious. On the first day we got ripped off for 20 quid for by our taxi driver who told us we had to buy a sarong for a visit to the Grand Palace, however he said no shops were open and took us to what turned out to be his mates...