Hello from Chiang Rai! We travelled here yesterday on the poshest bus I have ever been on in my life! somehow we ended up on the VIP bus, which came with a stewardess, free bottles of water, cake and refreshment towels, plus huge reclining leather seats. Awesome! Today we took a tour around the city, visiting the monkey cave, where we saw monkeys and toads (monkeys don't excite me as much any more... they're like, as common as cows are in England!) We a...

Hi all, Well, we have just got back from white water rafting, which was one of the most amazing experiences ever! Picture this: racing down the river on a big dingy, flying off rocks and down rapids, maneuvering your body to avoid capsizing, clinging desperately to the side of the boat to avoid falling in...it was great. I'd definitely do it again! The whole day was very well organised and great fun. There were about 22 of us in all, split into teams o...

Hello from Chang Mai, We arrived here four days ago, having travelled here on the over night train from Ayatoya. On our first day we visited the hilltribe museum where we learned about all the different tribes which reside on the hills of Chang Mai. In the afternoon we went to a 'monk chat', which is where you can sit and chat informallly with monks and ask them questions about their way of life, which seemed bizarre yet interesting. It's an opportunit...

Greetings from Ayathaya, which used to be the capital of Thailand and thus has many wats and old ruins. We took in the sites last night on a night tour, where we were taken around some of the famous landmarks. We visited some of the wats, which were all lit up, sparkley and pretty! We weren't allowed to go inside the temples, but on a couple of occasions we managed to bribe the secuirty guards with 10 baht (about 15p), to let us in. Scanadlous! On our ...

Hello people, Yesterday we took a tour to the elephant village, where we met children from the Karen tribe, saw baby elephants, bathed with the big elephants in the river, and then went elephant trekking into the sunset. On our arrival at the village, children as young as 2 and 3 appeared from the huts and ran to greet us. They took our hands and escorted us down to the riverbank. so sweet. Dean and I had brought balloons along for the children, and sp...