Day 14 We were up at 6 to finish packing and catch the minibus, though we needn't have bothered because it didn't turn up till 7:45 The guy put our rucksacks on the top of the bus and I was a bit worried that they were going to fall off because the driver was speeding in order for us to make the ferry on time. Luckily we got their just in time and the ferry journey was quite pleasant (with surprisingly very comfy seats). We changed ferries at Koh Phi Phi and th...

Days 11, 12, and 13 Our last day in Chiang Mai was pretty uneventful but this was largely due to Jamie being down in the dumps over the loss of his 'hero'. We were catching the plane that night down to Phuket, and although we were sad to leave Chiang Mai we were looking forward to some beaches! We arrived at midnight in Phuket after a 2 hour flight and met the taxi man (who's car we nicknamed 'the ricky taxi' as he obviously had spent alot of money to do it up...

Day 8, 9 and 10 (Jamie) We had a very early start to make the pick up for the elephant park. The drive north took around an hour but the scene we were greeted with was well worth the wait. There were 15 elephants waiting to greet us and im slightly embarrassed to say the Disney child in me did scream out inside wow its Dumbo . We had opted to spend the whole day here and so the Mahout outlined what the schedule would be. After the usual health and safety talk w...

Day 6 and 7 (Michelle) Yesterday we went to explore the city and the area local to our guest house. There are loads of tour companies around offering different activities so we used these to decide what we were going to do for the rest of our week here. We had a late lunch at the restaurant we went to last night because it was so nice and cheap too! Then we booked a cooking class and a day trip to an elephant centre. In the evening we sampled Chiang Mai's str...

Days 3, 4 and 5 (Michelle) Today we decided to go around the main temple area, and made Wat Arun our first stop. It was very colourful and provided good views of the city, but the climb to the top would not have met mama C's safety requirements. After we decided to go the Grand Palace to see the Emerald Buddha, but at the entrance we were told we needed to dress more appropriately, as our 3-quarter length trousers were not long enough Hence why in our pictures...