I hit Chiang Mai after giving up waiting to hear back from the gibbon sanctuary near Mae Sot. If I didn't already tell you about this place check out the History section of their website www.highland-farm.org. I know they're isolated and don't have the internet up there but I had to get out of BKK. Chiang Mai is a much smaller city but still not small enough for a country bumpkin like me. People have recommended Chiang Rai but there is a potential opportunity for...

Fresh back from a two-day trip to the Kanchanaburi area. Jumping off rickety rope bridges into the River Kwai with the locals, elephant trekking surrounded by mountains, climbing Erawan falls and spending the night aboard an isolated rafthouse drinking Chang with a good mix of Norwegian, French, German and Irish travellers. On arrival back in Bangkok I almost stomp my way back to my guesthouse - being stuck in a city surrounded by binge drinking Westerners really...

Seeing as this site is such a b***** to use on what appears to be a dial-up connection on PCs that are even slower than my laptop back home I'm afraid these updates will be few and far between. Anyway welcome to my first ever blog by demand. First night here and instead of socialising with Westerners I end up being invited back to a party with one of the travel agency girls. Deciding to go for an evening walk before turning in I find her working on a market stal...