We decided to stay in the nice hotel in Chiang Mai, so vicci could relax by the pool (not that we ever used it! doh!) I booked a trekking trip and we both booked a trip to see the elephant nature park. On the 19th I went trekking whilst vicci went to hospital. I saw an orchid and butterfly farm, then went for a short elephant ride, there was a baby there too which was so cute so i fed them lots of bananas!! We went to see a few tribes which were more modern than ...

10th November - we had an early start so i fell straight to sleep on the bus, and woke up to the beautiful north Vietnam - so picturesque i couldnt help but stay awake and admire it! It was like Halong Bay on land, mountains jutting up randomly. Saw lots of locals drying yam root on the sides of the road, and when we stopped for the toilet in a local village..well lets just say it was a new smelly experience!! We stopped at a local restaurant for noodle soup aka ...

29th Day 9 We had a long and very bumpy journey to the Vietnam border, so bumpy that we had to stop and we went and sat in a random locals house. They were very friendly and kids swarmed round to see the westerners. When we arrived the hotel was amazing, the shower even had a seat and the double bed was so big that i spread out and couldnt touch the edges. We then took a motorcylec ride with a company, so we had a driver each (mine was the best he let me pip the...

Cambodia in a nutshell!! On october 23rd we had an early start and headed on a 4 hour journey to the thail/cambodia border. It was the first time id used a squattin toilet...and the first of many i can tell u that!! There was a buzzin market at the border with loads of designer bags which apparently were sent from america to help them finacially and they just sold them cheap?! maybe true?? It was very hot and amazing to see how hard the labour work was. As we en...

Cambodia in a nutshell!! On october 23rd we had an early start and headed on a 4 hour journey to the thail/cambodia border. It was the first time id used a squattin toilet...and the first of many i can tell u that!! There was a buzzin market at the border with loads of designer bags which apparently were sent from america to help them finacially and they just sold them cheap?! maybe true?? It was very hot and amazing to see how hard the labour work was. As we en...