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...