I managed to sleep 11 hours last night which was amazing considering how cold it was. Really it was like -3 degrees in my opinion, don't think I've ever slept anywhere like it, but it did the job so I'm not complaining. That 11 hours also didn't include having to get up for the toilet. It's only 7.30am just now so I don't want to get my hopes up... But :)

We started day 2 of our trek with breakfast cooked by our guide... I just stuck to dry bread so I could take my tablets but even after that my tummy started feeling dodgy again! We started our trek at 8.30am and it was a tough walk. I felt really weak and shaky for the first couple of hours which was horrible but then I started to feel a bit better. It was amazing just walking through the hills in Thailand, miles away from anywhere. After leaving the village we didn't come across civilisation until we reached a small couple of huts at 12.30pm and this was the elephant village where we were stopping for lunch. We had walked a good 4 hours with little breaks and after 11am you could feel it getting much warmer and by lunch time it was roasting in the sun.

Nong our guide made us some sort of noodle dish for lunch and I managed a small amount but just kept drinking as much as I could. The elephants were all around us trying to pinch the noodles with their trunk which was quite cool. After we had eaten it was time for our elephant trek and due to Lauren not being able to come with us, meant I had to go on the elephant by myself since everyone else was paired up. There was a metal frame put on the elephants back which acted as a seat for us, but it wasn't the most comfy seat I tell you. It was an hour on elephant back, which was really good fun but we were all ready to get off and walk again when the hour was up. I was disappointed we didn't take our elephants down to the river to bath them as that's what Adz did when he did the same trek 6 months ago. We went down some really steep paths on the elephants and it was worse than any roller coaster, as there was nothing holding you into the seat and it was so steep you felt like you were going to fall off in some parts. That's what made it fun too though.

We then had a small trek to the next hilltribe village where we were going to spend the night. This village was much bigger and was home to around 60 families but their homes were all spaced out which made it have a different feel about it. It also had a school that was funded by the Thai King's daughter, which was a boarding school for all the children in the surrounding tribes to attend. Our accommodation was very similar to last nights, except there wasn't a hose to be able to shower here. The only option was the river which was right next to our hut. Well it was my first experience of washing my hair and myself in a river before. We were all sweaty betty's by the time we got to the village so we were all looking forward to going for a swim, until we realised this was our wash for the day. I was getting on fine, washed myself with shower gel and then just as I was shampooing my hair a herd of water buffalo got in the river UP STREAM from us and one started peeing. It was quite funny and since I took my camera down with me, Kelly took some photos of me shampooing my hair in the river next to the water buffalos!!!

After we were all showered and 'sort of clean' I went for a walk with the older couple Brian and Val to have a look around the village. I had seen Nong on the phone so I figured we were closer to civilisation and I might be able to get phone signal to find out how Lauren was doing and what happened when she went to the hospital. We were also looking for somewhere to buy bottled water, so we walked across the foot bridge and up the hill to see if there was anywhere there. When we were stopped at a house to try and speak English to them, my phone started beeping and I managed to get some text messages through. We carried on having a walk around when we found this small shop in someone's living room, so managed to get water there and then the rest of the group joined us and a few of them had a beer or two before tea. I went and walked back to the top of the hill to send Lauren a couple of messages and also text Adam to let him know how I was, because yesterday morning I texted him telling him how ill I was and that I wasn't sure whether or not to go on the trek. I was so chuffed to hear from Lauren and that she was doing a bit better now that she was on antibiotics.

It didn't get near as cold tonight as it did last night, as I was able to sit in my t-shirt and leggins until 7pm, until I had to wear Alex's jacket again. I was convinced the antibiotics did the trick as my tummy had started to feel much more settled compared to what it had been like, so I attempted some tea tonight. Nong had cooked sweet and sour chicken, a thai red curry pork and rice and it was lovey. I wasn't hungry but I had a small amount of everything which probably wasnt the best but it all looked really good. After our tea Nong gave us match stick games that we had to try and solve which was really good fun. Then a local guy lit a bonfire for us and we all sat round the fire listening to Nong tell us all about the different tribes. He was really interesting and it would have been great if he had told us some things last night too, as he had lots of local knowledge.

I went to bed about 9pm, as again I was shattered but I suppose it was expected after trekking when I was so weak without any nutrition in me. I piled on the blankets like last night and listened to my ipod before managing to sleep. I am so glad I didn't listen to my body and still came on the trek because it has totally been worth the battle. xxx