What a week! I cant actually believe that we've only been away a week, we've managed to fit in so much, its been non-stop and crazy crazy!! Arrived in Chiang Mai, off the overnight train and met two other lads from Lancaster, Stu and Gaz, who were getting picked up by the hostel and staying in the same place we were, The Holiday Inn. The hostel was lovely, even had a little pool in the back so we were straight in, bikini's on to catch a few rays, we were the whi...

Well we had survived the jungle and felt the only way to celebrate our new found 'Rambo' style hardness was to obviously go and drink like only the Ozzie's and Brit's know how! You have no idea how amazing it was to get back to the hostel and have a shower, not showering in a waterfall with unidentified things lurking about in the water and coming out smelling of rainwater...the novelty of washing our hair with shampoo and pretending we were a herbal essence adve...

Well, we're all in one piece and loving every second! Thailand is amazing, a little bit crazy and overwhelming at first but amazing all the same. We've managed to meet some really nice people so far, it must the blessed Saint Christophers that have been watching down over us! Whilst having a celebration 'pre-travel' drink in the airport bar we met an Irish lady who was lovely. She was off to Argentina to see her son who owns a restaurant out there (networking, ...