Day 4 and we didnt do an awful lot for this day and a half, just wandered around and waiting for the 10pm night train. Journey was surprisingly good, had own pod bed and window. Slept well and watched the world go by as the sun rose. We got to Chiang Mai in beautiful sunshine, checked into our Hostel and hence, the rain came (every day its rained so far!). We are now booking our 3 day trek with bamboo rafting and elephant riding just 2 of the activities.

Day 2 - After a very hot and long nights sleep, we awoke to thunderous rain, but decided to head out to Chinatown for the afternoon. Got soaking wet, but had some awesome local food. We then headed to the MBK centre, the biggest shopping centre I have ever seen! About 9 floors of wall-to-wall shops. After getting a few things we headed back to the hostel and planned our night out. We got a Taxi with 2 other guys we met (Jeremy the Aussie His name was Jeremy Jeans...

Day 1 and after a long 11 hour flight from Heathrow we landed in Bangkok in the middle of the afternoon. Very hot and humid, but better than English rain none the less! We got 'Limousine' taxi from the airport to our hostel in Bangkok, very nice place. We also found that we had just got rippedoff and paid loads for the limo instead of a normal taxi. Lots of ghekos about. Have just been out for a wander round the town and also a nice Thai dinner which was so spic...