Today is the day we moved on from Pai I hadn't planned on going across the border into Laos but as this trip is about trying new things seeing new things and getting out there I opted to join Sue and Paul and pop over to have a look around so back into one of those bad minibuses with a crazy driver and back along the crazy 762 curves to Chaing Mai then through onto our next town this meant we were stuck on the minibuses from 7.30 pm until 02.30 am though it was h...

Next stop on the journey is Pai we got a minibus to this town from Chaing Mai it took three and a half hours and thankfully I got the back seat to myself however that still didn't prepare me for the 762 curves in the road leading to the town judging by the look on the others faces I wasn't the only one feeling a little queasy especially as the back seat was located next to the rear wheel and I felt every bump in the road, I will never complain again about the sta...

So following the trek thought it would be nice to have a slow day and had a wander through the town looking at some markets and other sites. After bumping into to Paul and Sue they invited me out to grab something to eat with them and also to join them later for a drink or two........a bottle of vodka later and I've been invited to join them on the next bit of their tour. First though we visited a Women's Correctional Facility for a thai massage it has been set ...

Leading on from my next blog I went trekking in the jungle, we had a pre brief in the reception of the guesthouse where we met Galoo our guide for the trek there were ten of us all together two Canadian girls, Rebecca and Alexis, 3 German lads, Florien, Fabian and Max, 2 French girls, Alixa and Lianna, me and an English couple Sue and Paul who have been travelling the world for a year . We were all handed a camouflage rucksack and a plastic bag and a list of item...

Today was a boring day checked out of hostel at midday and then me and the heaviest backpack made our way to the train station. I booked my bag in to storage and had a wander around the markets and streets near to the station grabbing a bite to eat and making my way back to the station to get my bag grab some snacks and make my way onto the platform for the night train to Chang Mai so as the photo shows I'm on the train typing this and yesterday's blog staring o...