After getting very sick yesterday, I decided to get out and see some more of Chiang Mai. I had heard the Temple at Doi Suthep was a sight to see and started to walk towards it. Walking seemed like a good idea until I had been walking for an hour and not even reached the Chiang Mai Zoo which from there Doi Suthep was another 18km...in this heat? Forget it! I'm getting a Songthaew! Flagging a taxi down is easier here than it is in New York and there are thousands o...

After a couple of random days of walking round Chiang Mai and seeing 'the sights' I thought I would do something more worthwhile with my time. So today I went Elephant Manhout Training at Jumbo Elephant Camp just outside of Chiang Mai. I will admit that I had a bit of a shaky start this morning after doing several Tequila Slammers in the pool hall with Jack and Levi last night. We bumped into each other in the street and went for dinner, then drinks and then play...

Arrival in Chiang Mai (2 hours late I'll add) - shaking off a sleepless night from the train to be greeted by hundreds of Taxi drivers all shouting 'You wan taxi? Wher you go?' I was hoping Chiang Mai was not going to be the same as Bangkok. Using my haggling skills (freshly developed as soon as possible) I told the guy what I was going to pay and nothing else, he accepted and we walked out of the station. Not really haggling I will admit...but I couldn't wait to...

Bangkok, what can I say, a city where just about everything goes for the right price. My last night in Bangkok I will admit was a little hazy, something to do with a couple of Norwegian guys and something called a Chang tower...The tower being just one of the apparent bad ideas they put into my head. The other was that bugs taste like chips...they don't. My winged friend tasted chewy if nothing else...McCain would not be happy if their chips tasted that way that'...

Something I was told before I left the UK was a very true piece of advice...things do not run on time in Thailand. I left for Kanchanaburi this morning over an hour and a half later than I was supposed to. Gotta love the Thai time keeping. Anyhoo, first on the agenda was to stop off at the Floating Markets. I got the distinct impression that I was the only solo traveller on this tour and I was right, still I managed to befriend a couple of Chinese girls, one was...