Hello,Well we have had a couple of cool days settling into Chaing Mai Life, which has mostly been spent by the pool chatting with the other backpackers. From saturday onwards its been a really good laugh as everyone flocked in for the weekend. We had Jocks ,Isralies' Irish Aussies and everyone else even some decent Yanks. After nozing about saturday afternoon we caught up with Rich and Claire from last week for a few beers and a meal (in which i hugely offend...

Hello everyone, Well we have got to Chiang Mai safely after a doddle of a 20 hour journey all in all which included a coach a skytrain a metro and a sleeper train and a KFC meal in between, i am taking no chances (due to my stomach issues). The train was a nice novelty in our cool little second class sleeping bunks in which we got a suprisingly although a little bit bumpy sleep. Well Jac did, i didn't (due to my stomach issues). Chaing Mai is ace and we feel fo...

Hey guys, well we got slightly fed up with the craziness of Bangkok and decided to head South for the beach, we both decided on Pattaya which isn't very backpacky but more touristy. We were so proud of our little selves trecking across bangkok by bus and making our way to the main bus station to catch the bus here, gives you a sense of sweaty achievement when you finally sit on the airconditioned bus ready for your 2 hour drive! Pattaya is the weirdest town we h...

The beggining of the journey and we have just stepped into ultimate chaos its the most bizzare place in the world (up to now) with some funky smells. The flight was a doddle we slept most of the way and even got the local bus to our final destination. Khao San Road is BUSY and is full of travellers and hostels so we had no problem finding somewhere basic for the night a 4 pound a night palace. We showered, but its that humid there really wasn't any point Aaron'...