Well what can i say, been in chaing mai for a week now and its been mad! Over here its thai new year, and boy can they celebrate! Here new years is celebrated with a water festival called 'songkran'. Oh my god for 1 week i have been soaked through everyday! The streets are lined with people, some are swimming in the moat but all have water guns and buckets and go around wetting anyone and everyone! Theres a real party atmosphere with bars blasting thei...

Arrived in chaing mai and already im liking its more relaxed pace when compared to the madness of bangkok. Hotel is nice and has a pool, we shall be here for 8 nights and have booked some hill trekking for three day in the mountains. Chaing mai is a really lovely city. It has the old town surrounded by a moat in which there are around 200 temples, and the new part which boasts lots of bars and night markets etc. First day in chaing mai woodsy and i did ...