Hey people, Just to let you know we're alive etc. I did actually spend 3 hours writing up the trek we did a couple of days ago but the damn computer deleted the whole lot, including loaded photos and I damn near killed myself. I will write it up again eventually but really, really can't be arsed right now. Although I will say riding elephants was amazing. We're off to Laos tomorrow morning: 6 hour minivan ride then 2 days on the slowboat down the Mekong...

Thankyou for your birthday emails! I had a good day once Dave finally got out of bed (3pm) and we had a nose round Chiang Mai. It's not what I expected here at all, quite a lot smaller than I anticipated but it's nice and chilled out. We bumped into a lovely Irish couple in the town who we'd met on the sawngthaew (nope, I don't have a clue how to pronounce it either. It's a converted pickup truck with a roof, two benches running parallel with an open back) from t...

Oh my God as I write there is the most ENORMOUS lizard on the wall next to me-it's a toucay (think thats how you spell it) and tis bout the twice the length of my handspan-not that you know my handspan...um about 40 cm? The toucay not my handspan. Shut up Jess. Anyway sorry, distracted, um where was I? Oh yeah hadn't started. Ok, well after we landed in Bangkok we spent a night at my Uncle Damian's apartment before heading to Khao San Rd (Sawasdee Banglumpoo...