They say life is all about experiences, so we're aiming to pack as many in as possible and our latest was yet another one to remember. Yesterday we were picked up together with our new jungle mates - Anouk and Baz from Holland and a family of four from Denmark - to embark on a two day trek to the hill tribe villages north of Chiang Mai. It was clear those Danes were going to be super fit, so we already had our concerns about keeping up with them after our tour...

Finally our luck is changing when it comes to delays - we touched down in Bangkok on time which was handy as we had a mad dash across the city to the train station as soon as we landed. We didn't see much of Bangkok - as we hopped from one metro to another - but we were there long enough to make a few observations. First: Thailand is HOT - even in the evening. Second: the people are so friendly and they don't stare at Nat's freaky orange hair and ghostly pale sk...