A bus journey of 5 hours which turned into 7 was the most interesting of all so far... a strange thai man, street like sat down next to me, I was on the aisle side. I say sat down next to... I mean half on my seat and not on his. He bumbled something to me about Bangkok whilst laughing. Nothing like making a girl uneasy! I pulled in the ipod and swiftly turned the other way. An hour in he was fast asleep - safe I though. Oh no. How wrong. BEfore I knew i...

A 6 hour bus ride later I arrived at a recommended hostel , much to my unexpectation the guest house, and all surrounding buildings were floating! The roads are mostly flooded because there has been so much rain. A cosy little place I settled in for a quiet night, consisting of my book, a beer, dinner and some ovalteen before bed. I haven't been so relaxed and got such a good nights sleep in ages.A late start of 9am I had some Muslie and fruit for breakfast befo...

Early start and before I knew it we were wipping up the country side in the back of a van. The trek group was large, about 12 people; I knew I was never going to remember all their names – “mate” and “hun” were going to become frequent words in the vocab! A good mix of people, mostly young and nearly all German or from Holland. We began walking straight after our lunch from a kebab box. No digestion time like in Chiang Rai! We waked for about 2 ...

Chiang Rai has to be a top place on the trip. Last night just as I was neering for bed I got a sudden hankering for spring rolls and darted down to the night market for a fix! Now I'm not going to lie, they were nowhere as good as the ones on Pub Street, Siam Reap! Let down. But I also got some fried shimps to ensure I had enough fat in my blood stream. The monssons really are hitting here, and the downpoors are getting more frequent. I darted home after a ...

The Trek with Natural Focus said everything I could have ever hoped for, and exceeded my expectation. A truck picked me up from the hotel and I was greeted by my fellow 6 treckers. The transport up here is like a van with the back cut off and benches inside. We hurled along the roads of Chaing Rai before stopping at the "Black House". It was created by the friend of the man that built the "White Temple" in Chiang Rai; I plan to visit that...