I have not had wi-fi for ages so I will up load and update you as soon as I can. I have started, so please bear with me while I lounge around the pool in Koh Samui.

As we had a day until our flight to Koh Samui, Damien and I decided to go single track downhill mountain biking and Christina and Julie went off all day to the spa.I wish I hadn't!!!!!!We were driven by car up to the top of the mountain in Chiang Mai where the temple was and then given our bikes and full body armour and asked to show our skills by riding over a few obstacles. After this the instructor/guide took us off for the downhill single track saying it ...

Today we heard the news that our trip was not going back to Bangkok because of the trouble that had erupted between the red shirts and the army (government). Oh rubbish! We were meant to get an overnight train from Bangkok to get to Koh Samui for a week, what are we supposed to do now?Our tour company had decided to cancel our overnight train to Bangkok and take us back to Chiang Mai, where we had already been and spent a few nights. So this morning we said go...

As we were late getting off the train yesterday and had to reschedule things a little bit, we now have a free day today to do whatever we want. We couldn't decide what to do so we got out the guide book and found somewhere to go and get a proper breakfast. We found a place called "The (U.N.) Irish Bar and Bakery" in the book and headed off on foot trying our best to avoid all the Tuk-Tuk drivers asking us if we want a lift. It seemed strange to them that w...

As the train was late arriving in Chiang Mai today, the schedule has now been changed a little and we will be doing the elephant orphanage today and visiting the temple this afternoon instead of tomorrow, leaving us with a free day tomorrow....what will we do?After finally arriving 16 hours after we started off from Kanchanaburi we arrived in Chiang Mai and got transferred to our hotel, The People Place, and got showered and changed. Then a little behind our orig...