tuesday 22nd aug - bangkok arrived in bangkok at 530 with the overnight train. tried to check in our room but had to wait...really need a shower after that horrid train. after breakfast we said goodbye to everyone as its the end of the trip. at 10 amie, debbie, nathaly and i caught the riverboat ferry and then the skytrain for a look around newtown bangkok. very different to downtown babgkok very westerised. went to a restaurant called cabbages and condoms f...

friday 18th aug - chaing mai day 1 of the hilltribe trek... at 830 after breakfast we left the hotel in chiang mai and headed for another local market. started the trek at the international park of thailand and headed for a big waterfall. after some more sweaty trekking we had a picnic lunch of noddles before the hardcore trek for 5hours over all kinds of terrain...rainforest, jungle, steep hills, mud, through rice paddy fields. finally arrived at the h...

thursday 17th july - chaing mai arrived at the chaing mai hotel at 7am, and was pleased to find out that they had a swimming pool.picked up at 830 as we all booked onto a thai cookery class at the best school on the country apparently. first we went to a local market to pick up fresh ingredients, and so they could explain what all the ingredients were. the market was a bit gross they had fish stalls where they would chuck the fish on the floor and then wack ...

tuesday 15th august - bangkok today amie, ashley, sam, nick and I went to visit Dusit Zoo. we got a taxi there and the taxi drivers are rubbish they dont know where anywhere is, they always drop u off at the wrong place, u have to show them on the map where u want to go but they still dont know! the zoo was cool got so close to all kinds of animals ...lions, tigers, elephants, monkeys etc all the usual zoo animals. at lunch time amie and I hired pedal boats ...

monday 14th aug - bangkok after breakfast today was the offiical end of the tour but everyone still here so we are continuing as a group, so hard to say goodbye! after breakfast janet, amie and i headed down the river on a ferry boat to the Grand Palace which is like a big buddhist temple was absoulty amazing, breathtaking. the archititure was so intricate and detailed. had to dress very modestily as very religious, went into the temple and there are so many...