Well met me new group and they are lovely. Still mainly younger than me but at least they know how to have a conversation. Our new tour guide is another local Thai lady called Wasa (her real name is impossible to say!). She is just crazy but knows so much information it’s amazing. On the Sunday a few of us went on a local boat trip along the canal and then to Wat Po. The boat trip was ok although we saw a lot of river snakes and considering we were in a bo...

Reached Bangkok safely last Friday and had 24 hours to myself before meeting my new group and starting the trek. Met the group Saturday evening and majority were fresh out of School and on their gap year. Our guide this time was a local Thai man called Pipith. You can not lead in Thailand unless you are Thai, which is good as it keeps the work within the local community. We had an overnight train to Chiang Mai. These are very different to the ones I have b...

Hello Everyone Just a short blog to let you know I have arrived safely. I am seriously melting in the heat already and I stupidly decided to try and walk a bit this morning in order to save a bit of money and now in need of a cold bath. Arrived yesterday after a long squashed flight. Service on the place was limited due to the BA strike but never mind - arrived around 3:30pm local time. Had a bit of a nightmare trying to find my transfer as they were nowhere...

Hello Everyone Just a short blog to let you know I have arrived safely. I am seriously melting in the heat already and I stupidly decided to try and walk a bit this morning in order to save a bit of money and now in need of a cold bath. Arrived yesterday after a long squashed flight. Service on the place was limited due to the BA strike but never mind - arrived around 3:30pm local time. Had a bit of a nightmare trying to find my transfer as they were nowhere...