<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 28 May We woke up to the calls for breakfast of the guide, got dressed and headed for fresh coffee. Breakfast was fire grilled toast with some type of fruit jam. After breakfast we headed out on the trek, having greeted the other group and two Germans from our group who were now heading back. The trek was tiring but the pace was not really that fast, the guide however made a point ...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 27 May We packed our bags for the trek and left the rest at reception and headed down for breakfast at the hotel. We both opted for a full English breakfast having a long day ahead of us. The guides drove us per "sanwa" to a market where we bought some water and they bought the foodsupplies for the day's trek before going on the bamboo rafting. We all put on our swimming gear...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 26 May We had breakfast after waking up just after 10h00, and headed off to walk through the old city district of Chiang Mai and find new accommodation as well as a massage school where we could do a week class of deep Thai massage in the Northern style. After wandering around while comparing places and still deciding whether to go to Laos or not, we found a place. The woman taught at ...

25 May Aboard the train we settled in for some reading until 01h00 before trying to get some sleep. Lying on the small mattress, I decide to sleep with my backpack at my legs considering it has our passports, camera and laptop in and not wanting to leave it in the isle where it could easily be stolen.Neither Leanne nor myself had a good night sleep, the lights shone in over her curtain and my bed had more metal than mattress. At least I got some sleep from...

24 MayUp at 08h30, we head for 7/11 where we stock up on water and yogurt which we enjoy at the taxi rank before heading to Wat Phra Si Sanphet, a monastery built in the early 1300. After the invasion by the Burmese much of the temple was destroyed but some of it still remained. The most revered sight on these ruins is the Buddha head engulfed in the roots of a tree, many postcards often show monks praying at this site with their orange garments. The story goes t...