We arrived in Bangkok around 8am and much to my surprise I actually managed to sleep on the train! much better than my experience last year in vietnam! When we boarded, I was pleasantly surprised, the carriage was divided into compartments with two sets of bunk beds. I was sharing with Ian, Marloes and Bond. The train was an hour and half late to depart! We all sat chilling and i took the chance to speak more to Hannah, Steve, Paula and Kevin as they would be...

Today was a busy, busy day. For me it started at 6am when i woke, after only 4hours sleep to meet Bond at 6:30 to offer food to the monks. I had to ensure my shoulders and knees were covered. There were 5of us who braved the early start, Ian, Marloes, Paula and Kevin. We walked with Bond to the local market and bought good packages for 30 baht or 1 dollar for the monks. It contained rice, curry, a drink and flowers. The market was busy with locals all eatin...

Today was not my finest hour. We met at 8am to leave for Chiang Mai. it had been raining all night and so the steps from the hotel were slippy so yet again I fell as i was walking down them with my backpack on. No serious damage, just a bruised knee. couldn't believe it had happened again and this time rather than laughing I sobbed for pretty much the first half hour of the journey! On the way we stopped at the white temple in Chiang Rai. It is very new, onl...

Today was pretty action packed, visiting two additional countries: Myanmar (Burma) and Laos! After breakfast we headed straight to the thai/Myanmar border. When you enter Thailand by road you can only have a 15day visa but by air it is a 30 day one. Therefore as we would be leaving and re-entering those of us with more than 15 days left couldn't get their passport stamped and had to have a one hour visa; lucky for me and Ian we had less than 15 days left so we...

What an amazing day!!! I love elephants!!! I think it's safe to say we were all a little excited today knowing that we would be visiting the elephant conservation centre just outside Lampang. A 45minute drive in our private bus and we were there! The first part was a ride on the elephant!! I was so excited, myself and Jackie shared and we soon found ourselves seated on the back of a male elephant. We trekked through water and jungle on this magnificent creatu...